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MILFORD — Residents soonmay have an option to savemoney by aggregating gas andelectric services.

In a public hearing April 16,Lauren Smalley, a public in-formation officer for the Pub-lic Utilities Commission ofOhio, shared with councilmembers information aboutaggregation options.

Aggregation is when agroup of customers join to-gether to form a single, larger

customer to purchase electricor gas services, Smalley said.

“Usually a larger group hasthe buying power to get a bet-ter deal than an individualwould,” she said.

While aggregating groupsoften are governmental, otherlarge groups like chambers ofcommerce also can aggregate,she said.

Groups must be certifiedseparately for gas and elec-tric and can choose to aggre-gate for either or both, shesaid.

Groups can offer either

opt-out or opt-in aggregationplans, she said.

Opt-out requires voters toapprove the aggregation in ageneral election. If the aggre-gation is approved by voters,residents automatically willbe included in the aggrega-tion, unless they take action toopt out within three weeks.

Opt-in aggregation does notrequire voter approval. Resi-dents are not automatically in-cluded in the aggregation andmust take action to opt in.

Rates tend to be lower forgroups who choose opt-out ag-

gregation rather than opt-in,Smalley said.

If a contract is signed, resi-dents must be given a choiceto opt in or out every twoyearsfor gas and every three yearsfor electric, she said.

Customers who alreadyhave a contract with an ener-gy supplier cannot participatein aggregation unless they ter-minate their contracts, whichcould incur fees, she said.

Other customers who arenot eligible for aggregationinclude percentage of incomepayment plan (PIPP) custom-

ers and individuals on do-not-aggregate lists, she said.

City Manager Jeff Wrightsaid he wants to generate con-versation and get feedbackfrom residents about aggre-gation.

Wright said informationwill be posted on the city web-site and included in the news-letter residents receive withtheir utility bills.

Based on residents’ feed-back, council members willdecide whether or not to haveanother public hearing, hesaid.

Milford considers gas, electric aggregationBy Roxanna Swiftrswift@communitypress.com

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MIAMI TWP. —A new fire sta-tion is a possibility in MiamiTownship somewhere on Ohio131.

The exact location of the sta-tion, what capabilities it willhave and how much it will costcannot yet be deter-mined, said Jim Whit-worth, fire chief.

The township trust-ees listened to com-plaints about slow re-sponse timesfromaresi-dent at their regularmeeting April 16.

“I’m here for an up-date from Chief Whit-worth,” said Brad Dun-can, a resident of WhiteGate Farm. “For the pastfewyears,we’vehadres-idents claim it’s takenover20minutes(foryou)toget there. Personally, Icalled 911 for my son in2010 andwasn’t satisfiedwith the response.”

Whitworth told Duncan theboard has discussed options foranother fire station after hegave response data to MichaelSchuster Associates to performa station location study.

“Anecdotally,what I sawwasthatweneededfivestations,butthat’s not realistic,” Whitworthsaid.

The department currentlyhas three stations: 6492 BranchHill Guinea Pike, 1154 U.S. 50and 5888 McPicken Drive.

“Safety of our citizens is ourNo. 1 priority,” said Ken Tracy,trustee. “Government doeswork slower than we’d likesometimes, but we have dili-gently pursued these options.”

Trustee Karl Schultz said 85percent of the township’s bud-getgoes towardsafetyservices.

“We’reessentially innegotia-tions for space, looking for aplace toputanoperation,”Whit-worth said. “Where we go fromhere will depend on those nego-tiations.”

Those negotiations mean“there are things wecan’t sharewithyouyet,”saidMaryWolff, trustee.She cautioned WhiteGate residents fromdrawing conclusionsbased on isolated inci-dents.

“Every run is differ-ent,” she said. “Even ifyou get a station nearyou, there’s noguaranteeyou will get an enginethat is only serving yourneighborhood.”

Whitworth said a cou-ple issues played roles insome complaints fromresidents.

“Some of the time-frames they complained

about was when there was a lotof road construction going on inMiami Township. Since theroadway has cleared up, we’rethere in as little as seven min-utes,” he said. “The other issueis that area is served by the sta-tion at McPicken Drive, andthat isalso thebusiest stationbyfar.”

The engines and ambulancesatMcPickenDrivewill often becommitted somewhere else,Whitworth said, which meansthe department sends a first-re-sponder and then tries to sendan ambulance fromanother sta-tion or even a neighboring com-munity.

“So you’re going to see a

lengthy response time for thetransport unit to come in, butfirst-responders with life-sav-ing capabilities still get therefast,” he said.

Whitworth wouldn’t disclosehow much a new station couldpotentially cost.

“I’d be reluctant to throwthat number out there rightnow. Part of the issue in deter-mining fire coverage is not justwhere it is located, but whatkind of capabilities you canpro-vide,” he said. “That’s going tobe money driven.”

The department recentlybought two fire trucks for al-most $1 million with tax incre-ment financing (TIF) funds.

Some costs, such as purchas-ing land or fire equipment, canbe paid with TIF funds, but oth-ers cannot, said Larry Fronk,administrator.

“Whatwehave told residentsis there are cost concerns here.WecanuseTIFfunds tobuyfireengines, fire equipment, but wecan’t use TIFmoney to buy peo-ple,” he said. “So we’re lookingat howwe can restaff to place astation out on (Ohio) 131.”

An additional fire stationcould be costly, and although itwon’t leaddirectly toanewlevy,that’s a possibility that can’t beignored, Whitworth said.

“We’regoing tobe facedwitha levy at some point in time.We’ve been on this levy for sev-en or eight years,” he said. “Iwas concerned about gettingthis far, to be honest with you,and we’re going to be chal-lenged to getmuch farther than2013withoutan infusionofmon-ey.”

“The community has to bewilling to pay for it,”Whitworthsaid.

Miami Twp. considersanother fire stationBy Keith BieryGolickkbierygolick@communitypress.com

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gard will be featured inthe Park National BankArt Gallery at UC Cler-mont College May 3 toMay 27. The exhibition isfree and open to the pub-lic.

Frigard, a fiber artist,is an associate professorof FineArt at theUCCler-mont College. The cur-rent exhibit featureswork created during herfirst sabbatical in thespring of 2013.

Theatre campUC Clermont College

will offer Calico TheatreCamp this summer oncampus. The camp is afully-staged musical foryoung actors in gradesK-12. Kindergartnersmust be entering firstgrade in the fall of 2013.Campwill take place June10 to June 15.

This season’s showtitleis “The Amazing Adven-tures of Robinson Cru-soe.” The theatre campculminates in two perfor-mances open to family,friends and the generalpublic.

The Calico Children’sTheatre partners withMissoulaChildren’sThea-tre (MTC) toprovidea funand engaging theatrecamp.

For complete details,visit www.uccler-mont.edu/communi-ty_arts or call 558-1215.

Litter clean upAs part of the annual

Spring Litter Cleanup,more than 600 volunteersbraved the chilly weatherApril 20 to give localstreams and parks aspring cleaning. Volun-teers cleaned 15 locationsacross Clermont Countyand the East Fork LittleMiami River Watershed,including the village ofLynchburg in HighlandCounty, Amelia and manyother community sites.

Volunteers collectedtrash, debris and largeitems including 34 tires,two picnic tables, a bikeframeandapropaneheat-er.

Commissioner DavidUible said, “Volunteerismis the backbone of the

county and we have a lotof backbone. Due to theirdedication, we also havecleaner parks andstreams in thecounty.Thecommissioners extendour gratitude to all thoseinvolved.”

The Annual Spring Lit-ter Cleanup was orga-nized by the Valley ViewFoundation and East ForkWatershed Collaborative.Sponsors included theDuke Energy Foundation,Little Miami Inc., Buck-eye United Fly Fishers,Busken Bakery-Eastgate,Clermont County WaterResources, ClermontCounty Visitors & Con-vention Bureau, KeepCincinnati Beautiful,Loveland Canoe & Kayakand Kroger-Eastgate.

Partnering agenciesincluded theClermontOf-fice of EnvironmentalQuality, ODNR-StateParks and Division ofWa-tercraft, Clermont WaterResources, the HarshaLake U.S. Army Corp ofEngineers, ClermontPark District, the ValleyView Foundation, High-land Soil & Water Conser-vation District and Cler-montSoil&WaterConser-vation District.

If interested in learn-ing more about litter pre-vention, call the ClermontSoil and Water Conserva-tion District at 732-7075or visit www.cler-montswcd.org.

Incentive programThe U.S. Department

of Agriculture’s NaturalResources ConservationService is accepting ap-plications to help pro-ducers improve air quali-tyandconserveenergyonthe farm through the En-vironmental Quality In-centives Program. Pro-ducers in counties withair quality concerns relat-ed to non-attainment forozone and particulatemattercanapplyforEQIPAir Quality Initiativefunds.ClermontCounty isan eligible county and ap-plications will be accept-ed until May 17.

Farmers interested inapplying forEQIP inCler-mont County should con-tact JohnMcManus, Cler-mont County Soil and Wa-ter Conservation (SWCD)

District administrator, at732-7075, ext. 3, to estab-lish eligibility and submitan application. ClermontCounty staff will guideany interested farmersthrough the applicationprocess.

For more informationvisit http://www.oh.nrcs.usda.gov.

CorrectionIn the photos from the

Let Us Never Forget din-ner published April 24,Micah Maupin’s firstname was misspelled.Also, Matt Maupin’s rankshould have been ArmyStaff Sargent.

ElectionmeetingsThe Clermont County

Board of Elections hasscheduled board meet-ings for:May7at6:30a.m.for the Special ElectionDay meeting and any oth-er regular business; May20 at 10 a.m. for the openofficial canvass and anyother regular business;May 28 at 10 a.m. for thecertification of specialelection and regularmonthly meeting.

The meetings are heldat the board office, 76 S.Riverside Drive in Bata-via. Call 732-7275 for in-formation.

Collect firewoodThe public is welcome

to collect firewood in spe-cially designated areas atStonelick State Park inClermont County, accord-ing to the Ohio Depart-ment of Natural Re-sources (ODNR).Thedes-ignation areas will beopen until May 26.

Designated firewoodcollection areas allow vis-itors to collect fallen ordowned wood, includingtwigs, branches, logs ortrees cut formanagementpurposes. Firewood maybe collected Mondaythrough Friday, but onlyduring daylight hours.Chainsawsmaybeused inthese areas, but vehiclesmust remain on the road-ways. It is important tonote that no standingtrees or branches still ontrees may be cut.

The public is asked toconfine collection to thespecially marked areaswithin the campgrounds

at Stonelick State Park.For further informa-

tion, call 513-897-3055.Also, visit theODNRweb-site at ohiodnr.gov.

Humane societyThe Clermont County

Humane Society will holdthe annual JanetWolfMe-morialGolfOutingThurs-day, May 16, at the Leg-endary Run Golf Course,915 E. Legendary RunDrive in PierceTownship.Teams of four, singles,and sponsors are invitedto take part in the golfteam scramble that in-cludes 18 holes of golf, abox lunch,motorizedcart,catered buffet dinner andspecial prizes. Registra-tion begins at 11 a.m. witha shotgun start at noon.Hole-in-one prizes in-clude a 2014 Ford Fusionfrom Beechmont Fordand $1,000 from Hunting-ton Bank. Raffle ticketsfor a 42-inch LCD-TV, awheelbarrow of “cheer,”Kings Islandpasses, andaspecialty driver are avail-able.

The golf outing helpsfund satellite and otheradoption efforts by theHumane Society to findhomes for thousands ofhomeless, abused, and ne-glectedanimals thatcomein each year. With sup-port, the Humane Societycanprovidefood,careandcompassion to these ani-mals in a comfortableshelterwhile theywait fora new place to call home.

For more information,call event chair Terri Hel-sel at (513) 368-7484 oremail thel-sel72@gmail.com. Formore information aboutadopting an animal, call(513) 732-8854, visitwww.ClermontCountyA-nimalShelter.com or visitthe center at 4025 FilagerRoad in Batavia.

Fair housingThe Clermont County

commissioners April 24issued designated April2013 as “Fair HousingMonth.” This Aprilmarked the 45th anniver-sary of the passage of thefederal Fair Housing Act.The act establishes theright for a person tochoose where they liveand to live there with dig-

nity andwithout discrimi-nation. The Fair HousingAct ensures the accessi-bility of all forms of avail-able housing to all peopleregardless of certain ra-cial, cultural or physicalfactors such as color, na-tional origin, religion, dis-ability status, family sizeor familial status.

Annette Decatur, theClermont County Depart-ment of Community &Economic Developmentgrant coordinator, andElizabeth Brown, the ex-ecutive director of Hous-ing Opportunities MadeEqual (HOME),presentedan overview regardingthe laws included in theFair Housing Act. HOMEwasformedthesameyearas the Federal Fair Hous-ing Act was passed. Theirmission is to eliminatehousing discriminationand help communitiesbuild stable integratedneighborhoods.

“Most people do notrealize that Fair Housingprotects more than therights of people concern-ing race,” Brown said. “Itis just as illegal under thelaw to deny housing topeople with children as itis to deny opportunitiesbased on race. The lawconsiders them the sametype of discrimination.”

The Fair Housing Actalsoprotectswomen fromsexual harassment intheir housing situation.

“Women have the rightto feel safe in theirhome,”said Brown.

“We encourage all citi-zens to acquaint them-selves with these laws setin place to protect theirrights to fair housing,”said Commissioner EdHumphrey.

Citizens are encour-aged to visit the HOMEwebsite at http://www.cin-cyfairhousing.com. If aClermontCountyresidenthas an inquiry regardinghousing discrimination orfeels that they have expe-rienced any type of hous-ing discrimination issues,call 513-732-7286 formoreassistance.

Annual meetingThe League of Women

Voters of Clermont Coun-ty will host their annualmeetingat6p.m.Tuesday,May 21, at the Oasis Con-vention Center, 902 Love-land-Miamiville Road.The doors open at 6 p.m.

and the meeting begins at7 p.m.

Make reservations byMay15 by calling Jane So-nenshein at 831-1870 oremail her at csun-shine@fuse.net. Pay on-line at lwvclermont.com,send a check to LWVCC,Box 7433, Milford, Ohio45150 or bring it to themeeting. Cost is $25 perperson for dinner.

Memorial DayThe annual Memorial

Day Parade in Milford isplanned for Monday, May27, assembling at VictorStier Post 450, 450 VictorStier Drive. The paradewill begin at 9:30 a.m.stopping at the park onMain Street. It will pro-ceed east on U.S. 50 toGreenlawn Cemetery. Asmall contingent will fol-low to St. Andrew Ceme-tery for a remembranceceremony.

The parade is open toall veterans and the fam-ilies of those that havemade the ultimate sacri-fice. Ifyouwouldbe inter-ested in participating inthe parade, contact MarkChandler at 831-0198.

The committee invitesthe parents of fallen he-roes. Please contact JoAnn Weigel at 404-6880 ifyou would like to takepart.

The committee is plan-ning a nice service at Me-morial Park, GreenlawnCemetery and St. An-drews Cemetery.

Also invited are BoyScout troops, Girl Scouttroops, churchgroupsandorganizations to partici-pate. Call either numberfor details.

Owensville alumniOwensville High

School Alumni will meetfor dinner Saturday, May18, at the VFW Hall in Af-ton, 4070 GreenbriarRoad.

The doors open at 3:30p.m. for ameeting and so-cial time. Dinner is at 5p.m.Cost is$15perpersonand reservations are re-quired.

Call Virginia Flutz at937-444-4645.

April was Child AbusePreventionMonth inCler-mont County.

There were 1,703 re-ported cases of childabuse and neglect in 2012in Clermont County andmore than 670,000 casesreported nationwide in2011.

April10hasbeendesig-nated “Wear Blue Day” toshow support for andraise awareness of theneed to prevent childabuse and neglect.

Officials received agrant to produce a childabuse prevention re-source calendar availablethroughout the county.

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Foster care is ‘such arewarding experience’

Jeff and Sheri Nagel-hout of Miami Townshiphave been married threeyears and already have afamily consisting of She-ri’s 14-year-old triplets,Dylan, Tyler and Zach;however the couple hasknown for a while thatthey wanted to grow theirfamily.

“I always wantedmorekids,” Sheri said, smiling.“We looked into adoptionat first, and went to a pri-vate agency; but we justdidn’t get a good feelingwhen we left. But a mutu-al friend of ours, who is afoster parent with Cler-mont for Kids, sat downwith us and talked to usabout the idea of foster-ing.”

After giving it somethought and discussingthe idea with the boys,they decided becoming afoster home provider wasa path theywanted to pur-sue.

“It just seemed like theright thing to do,” ex-plained Sheri. “If wecould give someone ahome, even for a short

time, and make them feelloved; then our job wouldbe complete.”

Just weeks after be-coming licensed as fosterparents in the state ofOhio, the Nagelhout’swere asked to open theirhome to twoyoung siblingboys. Now almost a yearlater, the boys are right athome, and just anotherpart of the family. “Theyaren’t my biological chil-dren, but I couldn’t lovethem anymore than ifthey were my own,” saysSheri.

Both Sheri and Jeff ac-tively encourage othersconsidering life as fosterparents to do it. And Mayis National Foster CareMonth.

“It is such a rewardingexperience,” Sheri said,watching the two smallboys as they played in theyard.

The Nagelhout’s alsoencourage those who arelooking into becomingfoster parents to keep notonly an open heart but anopen mind as well.

“You need to be openminded, and understandthat thesekidsarecoming

out of a situation that yourfamily hasn’t necessarilygone through,” said Jeff.

Clermont For Kids is aprogramwithin ClermontCounty Children’s Protec-tive Services. Clermontfor Kids serves South-western Ohio counties in-cluding Clermont, Hamil-ton, Brown, Butler, War-ren, Clinton and High-land.Theagency isaskingall perspective foster par-ents tokeepanopenmind.

Often foster and adop-tive parents are only in-terested in taking in in-fants or toddlers.

“We are especially inneed of homes for school-aged children and siblinggroups,” said Tim Dick,

Clermont County Chil-dren’s Protective Ser-vices Deputy director.“Because of this backlog,a growing number of fos-ter children are beingsent sometimes hundredsof miles away from any-thing they have everknown to be placed allacross the state. Needlessto say, this adds stress toan already traumatic ex-perience.”

As the number of chil-dren in need grows, sodoes the urgency for li-censed foster parents. Ifinterested in becoming afoster or adoptive parent,or to simply learn more,call 732-7765, or visitclermontforkids.org.

By Shayne Farrellclermont@communitypress.com

Jeff and Sheri Nagelhout are foster parents in ClermontCounty. PROVIDED

May is National Foster Care Month

Miami Township wasawarded $214,470 by theU.S. Department ofHomeland Security’sAssistance to FireFighters Grant Pro-gram for the purchaseof self-containedbreathing apparatus(SCBA).

Miami Township Fireand EMS received tele-phone notificationsfrom the offices of U.S.Senator Rob PortmanandU.S. Rep. BradWen-strup in advance of theaward notice from theDepartment of Home-land Security.

The grant award willallow the department toreplace SCBA that arein excess of 10 years oldandthatdonotmeetcur-rent national standardsgoverning SCBA.

“This is the air tankand mask worn by fire-fighters that providesthem with breathing airwhen operating insmoky and other hostileenvironments. Theirlives literally depend onthese devices,” said

Chief Jim Whitworth.“The department wasfaced with having to re-place the current SCBAdue to their age and in-creasing frequency ofrepair. The grant awardwill allow that to happenand limit the depart-ment’s expense to lessthan $60,000.”

The Assistance toFireFightersGrantPro-gram, created in 2001, isa competitive grant pro-gram designed to helpfirefighters and otherfirst responders obtaincritically-needed equip-ment, protective gear,emergency vehicles,training and other re-sources to protect thepublic and emergencypersonnel from fire andrelated hazards. Con-gress appropriated$337.5 million for the2012 grant cycle. Therewere about 19,000 appli-cations totaling almost$3 billion in requests.Each grant award re-quires a local match ofat least10 percent of thetotal project cost.

Miami Townshipreceives grant fornew equipment

MIAMI TWP. — MiamiTownship’s police depart-ment recently joined the1percent.

“Out of 18,000 depart-ments (around the coun-try), there are 900 that areaccredited,” said StevenBailey, police chief. “Outof those, only about 1 per-cent is rated excellent.”

Miami Township’s de-partment is one of thoserated excellent, earningaccreditation for the sixthtime since 1996 from theCommission on Accredi-tation for Law Enforce-ment Agencies, Baileysaid, a credentialing pro-gram developed to im-prove law enforcementservices.

To do that, the depart-ment complied with 480national standards, and toreach excellent status, itshowed itself fully com-

mitted to those standards.“They’re looking for an

agency that exemplifieswhat an accredited agen-cy is, that we incorporate(the national standards)into our daily routine,”Bailey said. “(They wantto see) that it’s not just aprogram we do everythreeyears, it’s howwedobusiness and we do it athigher level than otheragencies.”

The department mustapply for accreditationevery threeyears, he said.It costs $4,065 in annualcontinuation fees to apply,said Jennifer Ryan, assis-tant to the chief.

Despite the cost, ac-creditation is importantbecause it gives the com-munity an unbiased lookat its police department,Bailey said.

“It’s not just my bud-dies coming up from Cin-cinnati. These assessorsdon’t know me, and they

don’t oweme any-thing,” hesaid. “Ac-creditationsays youare operat-ing yourstationwithin the

standards - you aren’t fak-ing it, you’re actually do-ing it.”

Accreditation also de-creases the chances oflawsuits against the de-partment and can some-times come with insur-ance benefits, said ScottBowen, the police chief inLebanon, Tennessee, whoassessed Miami Town-ship.

“Forus,here inTennes-see, (our insurance pro-vider)actuallygivesanin-surance discount for us todo accreditation,” Bowensaid.

Experienced law en-forcement individuals

spend three days on site,interviewing employees,inspecting procedure andriding in patrol cars, Bai-ley said. But the overallaccreditation processtakes much longer thanthat.

“It’s drawn-out, it takesaboutsixmonths,”hesaid.“I think we owe it to thecitizens of the township.They should have the bestpolice department thatthey can. After all, theyarepaying for itwith theirtaxes and they deserve toknow how it is running.”

Bowen said during ac-creditation, his teamdidn’t have to return anyfiles to the township thatneeded corrections ornew policies written. Ev-erythingwasalreadyuptocode.

“It’s something notonly for the police depart-ment to be proud of, but itshows highly of the town-ship as well,” he said.

Miami Twp. police move into elite companyBy Keith BieryGolickkbierygolick@communitypress.com

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James Shriver will be-come the new ClermontCounty Probate/JuvenileCourt judge July 1.

Ohio Gov. John Kasichmade the appointment toreplace Judge StephanieWyler, who retired in De-cember.

Shriver has served as aClermont County Munici-pal Court judge for thelast 18 years.

“I am truly honored tobe selected by Gov. Kas-ich to serve as the nextprobate/juvenile courtjudge for Clermont Coun-ty,” Shriver said.

“The position has along tradition of qualityservice from judges whohave served on the countybench and I am excited tobeable to takemy18yearsof experience dealingwith young people withme,” he said.

Shriver asked to begin

work in the probate/juve-nile court July 1 so therewould be a smooth transi-tion for the next munici-pal court judge.

“And, so we would nothave a whole host of visit-ing judges so serve while(the next) person was be-ing selected,” he said.

Being a juvenile courtjudge is something thatShriver always has want-ed to do. When he firststartedwith the ClermontCounty prosecutor’s of-fice, he was assigned tojuvenile court.

“I prosecuted delin-quencyandchildren’sser-vices cases. I gained themost satisfaction fromknowing I was helpingyouth turn their livesaround and by gettingthem out of severe situa-tions,” Shriver said.

Also, while serving asmunicipal court judge,Shriver worked with peo-ple who “graduated fromthe juvenile court system.

I believeI’m in thebest posi-tion to takethe evi-dence-basedprac-tices I’veimple-mented as

amunicipal court judge tojuvenile court and hope-fully prevent them frombecomingpartof theadultsystem.”

Commissioner BobProud said, “I have hadthe honor and privilege ofworking with Judge Shri-ver over the past18 years.As chair of the StateAdvi-sory Board for RECLAIMOHIO (Ohio Departmentof Youth Services), I com-mend Judge Shriver onhis dedication to the jus-tice system and his visionin finding solutions to dif-ficult problems, he is al-ways looking to strength-en the individual and de-ter repeat offenses. He is

not a one size fits alljudge, which will servehim well in probate/juve-nile court.”

Shriver will run in theNovember 2014 generalelection to serve a full six-year termthatbeginsFeb.9, 2015.

He started Ohio’s firstDUI Court. He serves aschair of theOhioSupremeCourt Commission onSpecialized Dockets andas an ex-officio memberof the Commission on theRules of Practice andPro-cedure. He’s also a pastpresident of the Associa-tion of Municipal/CountyJudges of Ohio.

“For thepast18years, Ihave been honored toserve as judge of theCler-mont County MunicipalCourt and honored to do-nate my time for localcauses dear tomy heart. Ivalue the importance ofpossessing an under-standing of a broad areaof law, I interpret the law

as it was intended, and Ido not legislate from thebench,” he said.

Shriver describes him-self as a conservative andstrict constructionist.Shriver has presided over100,000 civil and criminalcases during his judicialcareer and has endeav-ored to develop programsthat reduce recidivismand promote safer com-munities. He is known fortakingaspecial interest inhelping youth and hasserved as volunteer fortheClermontCountyTaskForce on Child SexualAbuse and chaired theClermont County YouthServices Advisory Board,the Clermont CountyChild Abuse & NeglectAdvisory Board, and theClermont County FosterParent Advisory Commit-tee.

“My interest in helpingyouth stems from recog-nizing the fact that whattheydonowwill influence

the rest of their lives andfrom my heartfelt desireto make a positive impactbefore they become adultoffenders,” Shriver said.

Shriver’s work in theClermont County Munici-pal Court has been recog-nized through the state ofOhio. The OVI Court Spe-cializedDocket that he es-tablished in 2005 remainsthe model in Ohio andshares the best practiceshehasdevelopedwithoth-er interested courts.

The judge received hisbachelor’s degree fromthe University of Cincin-natiandearnedhis lawde-gree from the UC Collegeof Law. He’s a member ofthe Mt. Moriah UnitedMethodist Church, wherehe has served on the Ad-ministrative Council andBuilding Study Commit-tee since 2012. He is in-volved in theUnionTown-shipKiwanisand theCler-mont County SpecialOlympics.,

Shrive appointed as juvenile judgeBy Theresa L. Herrontherron@communitypress.com

Shriver

BATAVIA — Citizens ofClermont County willstart to see more andmore orange constructionbarrels as the weatherwarms up - and not just inthe Eastgate area.

About 35miles of coun-ty and township roadswillbe resurfaced this year,said Pat Manger, Cler-mont County engineer.Construction will costabout $3 million.

“What people need tounderstand is these arenot random acts of con-struction,” Manger said.“There’s always thatshort-term pain for thelong-term gain.”

The most work will bedone in Miami Township,where 18 roads needwork. Cinema Drive,starting on Business 28andendingonMollyLane,will be resurfaced alongwithMellieAvenue, start-ing onOhio131andendingon Kash Drive.

Seven roads in UnionTownship, 11 in BataviaTownship and five in NewRichmond village alsowill be resurfaced.

“What we’re trying todo is formally tie econom-ic development and trans-portationplanningtogeth-er,” Manger said.

The intersectionofLilaAvenueandMilfordPark-way, which turn into U.S.50 and Ohio 131, will bewidened and resurfaced,as well as given a newsewer system, curbs and

sidewalks.“Part of the problem

with the bridge on (Ohio)131 is the bridge is so nar-row it doesn’t allow theturn lanes to be longenough,” Manger said.“So by widening thebridge we are able tolengthen the turn lanes.”

The plan is to lengthenthe turn lanes on the eastside of Ohio 131 and addlanes to the other threecorners of the intersec-tion, he said.

“The longest stretch of

improvement is (Ohio)131, it goes up the hill(about 1,000 feet),” Man-ger said. “The reasonwe’regoing fartherup thehill is because of a land-slide issue.”

The estimated con-struction cost is $2.5 mil-lion andwill begin by July1, if not sooner, he said.

“No doubt, there aregoing to be some frustra-tions this summer andnext as we implementthese changes, but we askpeople to continue to be

patient,” Manger said.“We’re going to do ourbest to communicate withthe public and updatethem and keep themabreast about what’s go-ing on.”

The total constructioncost for Clermont Coun-ty’s 2013 projects, withoutthe Eastgate improve-ments to Interstate 275and Ohio 32, is $26.9 mil-lion. Construction will befunded through a combi-nation of grant, state andlocalmoney,Manger said.

Summer roadwork set to begin across countyBy Keith BieryGolickkbierygolick@communitypress.com

2013 ODOT PROJECTS IN CLERMONTCOUNTY:» 1-275 at Ohio 32, major expansion, October 2013 to

October 2015, $46 million.» Eastgate Blvd. bridge interchange reconstruction to

Ohio 32, March 2013 to October 2014, $9 million.» 1-275 at Ohio 28 intersection improvement, May 2012

to Oct. 2013, $7,.2 million.» Ohio 28 at Charles Snyder Road, turn lane addition,

March 2013 to August 2013, $566,574.» East Fork State Park, bike path extension to Williams-

burg and Batavia, May 2013 to October 2013, $562,000.» East Fork State Park, resurfacing, May 2013 to August

2013, $2.053 million.

2013 CLERMONT COUNTYROADWORK SET TO BEGIN THISSUMMER:Milford» Cemetery Road, fromLila Avenue to GarfieldAvenue» Garfield Avenue, fromCemetery Road to WaterStreet» Shawnee Run, fromcorporation line to Ohio126Goshen Township» Bray Road, from 500 feetsouth of Bray Road to theGibbs Road “s” curve» Spring Street, from Ohio28 to cemetery limits»Wood Street, from Ohio28 to BP entranceJackson Township» Bigam Road, fromWeav-er Road to township line» Locust Street, from U.S.50 to Monterey Road»Moore-Marathon Road,from 4223 Moore-M-arathon Road to townshiplineMiami Township» Apple Blossom Lane,from Harvest Ridge Driveuntil it dead ends» Bee Lane, from Ohio 131until it dead ends» Cannes Court, fromBranch Hill-Guinea Roaduntil it dead ends» Cinema Drive, from Ohio28 to Molly Lane» Colonial Drive, fromOhio 131 until it dead ends

» Crestview Lane PriceRoad, until it dead ends» Day Circle West, fromOhio 131 to Mellie Avenue» Fay Court, from CannesCourt until it dead ends» Fox Run Road, fromSouth Garrett Drive until itdead ends» Harvest Ridge Drive,from Ohio 131 until it deadends» Heritage Court, fromHarvest Ridge Drive until itdead ends» Kash Drive, fromMellieAvenue to Day Circle»Meadowcreek Drive,from Cook Road to Mont-clair Boulevard\»Mellie Avenue, fromOhio 131 to Kash Drive»Menno Drive, from Ohio28 until it dead ends» Sally Street, from KashDrive to Ohio 131» South Garrett Drive,from Fox Run Lane until itdead endsStonelick Township» Baas Road, from Ohio132 to Ohio 132, adress2221» Edman Lane, from U.S.50 until it dead ends» Glancy RoadWayne Township» Long-Glady Road»Moore-Marathon Road» No. 9 Road

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SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS CommunityPress.com

COMMUNITYPRESSEditor: Theresa Herron, therron@communitypress.com, 248-7128

MOELLER HIGHSCHOOLThe following fromMilford,Loveland and Miami Townshiphave been named to thehonor roll for the secondquarter of the 2012-2013school year.

First honors9th gradeOwen Bayer, Andrew Beitman,Devin Blumenfeld, JasonBruggemann, Tyler Burandt,Cameron Collins, JosephCordier, David Denzy, Domen-ic Dicari, Hunter Elmore, JacobFarwick, Ryan Gehringer, WillGilliland, Thomas Gray, Maxi-milian Hensler, Jared Holbert,Nathan Kaiser, Harrison Kurz,Austin Maresco, ThomasMartino, Connor McNamara,Ryan Nance, Joseph Nordloh,David Pilipovich, Jack Quehl,Benjamin Reutelshofer, LoganRitter, Patrick Robinson, CollinRuehrwein, Ryan Smith,Michael Stevens, ChristopherStock, Alec Toelke, JacobyWard, JacobWeisgerber,David Wernery10th gradeRyan Belleman, Ethan Callahan,Matthew Crable, Jared Diess-lin, Kyle Dockus, James Gie-bler, John Gruber, Miles Hayes,Austin Herriott, Alex Johnson,Kevin Kerley, Kevin Korneffel,Jacob Menke, Edward Pappa-lardo, Grant Pitman, AndrewReinhart, Benjamin Rigney,Jacob Rogan, Drew Scott,Jeffrey Shagena, ZacharySiegert, Samuel Simpson,Nicholas Spuzzillo, ChristopherStaudigel, Quinn Sullivan,Henry Woodard11th gradeJake Barbara, Jared Beitman,Anthony Boyle, AndrewBradfish, Daniel Bruns, Bren-dan Farlow, Justin Gerbus,Paul Hanna, Charles Haunert,Brendan King, Jacob Orkwis,Joseph Pappalardo, KyleSmith, Alex Stanula, ThomasStorer, Andrew Strotman,Evan Verrilli, Nicholas Voss,MatthewWalsh, Shane Wever,Patrick Wheat12th gradeKevin Batory, Andrew Benza,Nathaniel Bishop, Sam Bock-horst, Benjamin Bruggemann,Corey Carroll, Han-Chiu Chen,Krieg Greco, Nicholas Izzi,Andrew Klosterman, JaredKroger, Michael Pilipovich,Ryan Rinn, Bruno Rozzi,Robert Schantz, Kevin Schmitt,Shane Sullivan, WilliamThompson, Samuel Verrilli,JosephWeaver

Second honors9th gradeCole Ashmore, Justin Balogh,Mick Bock-Hamilton, AidanBrown, Evan Cusmano, LucDeYoung, Nicholas Heuker,Alex Holbert, Jacob Klus,Nicholas LaChapelle, JacobLeonard, Nathaniel Levesque,Jack Meyer, Jonathan Orkwis,Cooper Scanlon, BenjaminTreinen, Connor Wallace,Mark Woehler, ,10th gradeChristopher Becker, MichaelChacko, Christophe DeYoung,Nicholas Dubell, MarshallEippert, Joshua Hollander,Evan Horst, Krishna Kurup,Alexander Marchionda, KyleMetzger, Erik Mueller, Theo-dore Peloquin, Eric Reynolds,Michael Thompson, SamuelWaldbillig11th gradeChristopher Asgian, Paul Bar-ron, Roy Bradley, AustinGriffiths, Jared Jacon-Duffy,David Kindel, Mark Lacey,William Loxterkamp, CollinMarton, Eric Maus, SamuelSheets, Joseph Simmons,Carson Susich, Ethan ten Brink,Gerald Thornberry, DavisWick, Collin Zapanta12th gradeMatthew Abele, Kevin Altimier,Alex Bracken, Jack Brault,Kevin Canavan, MichaelCutter, Samuel Distler, AlexFalck, Brian Foos, ChristopherFoster, James Gilliland, RyanHankins, Jacob Heuker, Mat-thew Johnson, Daniel Mar-chionda, Daniel May, DaneMechler, Grant Mettey, Jona-than Pitman, Nicholas Schaeff-er, David Schlie, Jacob Stuhlfire

HONOR ROLL

Cincinnati Country DaySchool seniors Meg Lazarus andSophieWeinsteinhavecast a lenson loneliness and abandonment.

These subjectswere the focusof their photographic submis-sions for the Scholastic Art andWriting Awards competition.Both had the distinction of beingselected as Gold Medal Portfoliowinners.

The Scholastic Art and Writ-ing Awards program recognizesexceptional work of artists at ahigh school level.

Lazarus, who is a resident ofHyde Park, said the portfoliocompetition involved conveyinga concept through eight photo-graphic images.

Lazaruscalledhersubmission“The Architecture of Loneli-ness.” “I usedPhotoshop and oth-ermodes of photography to tell astory,” she said.

Shesaidhersiblingsservedassubjects in some of the photo-graphs.

Weinstein’s submission fo-cusedonabandonment ina literalway. She went to an abandonedhome in Milford and took pic-tures of specific items that wereleft such as awheelchair.

“My artist statement was tell-ing about this family,” she said.Although Weinstein never metthe family directly she gainedsome information from neigh-bors that the familywasanelder-

ly couple who left to live in a re-tirement home.

Both Lazarus and Weinstein,whoisaresidentofMilford,spentnearly a year on their respectiveprojects.

“I was honored (to be select-

ed),” saidWeinstein. “I put a lot oftime in (this).”

Ironically, Lazarus hadplanned to drop her photographyclass, but was encouraged to con-tinue by a teacher.

“Now it’s a creative outlet,”

saidLazarusaboutherpassionforphotography. “I think it’s a greattool in life to have these skills.”

Both Weinstein and Lazarusare enrolled in the school’s Ad-vanced Placement photographyclass.

STUDENT PHOTOS GAINRECOGNITIONBy Forrest Sellersfsellers@communitypress.com

Cincinnati Country Day Schoolsenior Meg Lazarus, of Hyde Park,was a Gold Medal Portfolio winnerin the Scholastic Art and WritingAwards competition. Hersubmission dealt with "TheArchitecture of Loneliness." FORREST

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Cincinnati Country Day Schoolsenior Sophie Weinstein, ofMilford, was a Gold MedalPortfolio winner in the ScholasticArt and Writing Awardscompetition. Her entry, whichincluded a photograph of awheelchair, focused on theconcept of abandonment. FORREST

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SCHOLASTIC ARTAWARDS 2013WINNERS

GOLDMEDAL PORTFOLIOMeg LazarusSophie Weinstein

GOLD KEY SINGLE IMAGEWINNERSCasey PfisterGrace KrammerKatie BartonKelsey BardachLaura PariotMeg LazarusMayme Acklen

SILVER KEYWINNERSHolly AdamsonKatie BartonBrian BurnettIsabella GuttmanAbby McInturfCharlotte WardHawkins WarnerEmily Polasko

HONORABLEMENTIONAmelia DrewSabrina FinnMayme AcklenKelsey BardachMeg LazarusAbby McInturfAllison MeshSarah MuellerLaura PariotLucy PattersonCharlotte Ward

Milford sixth-graders performed the “Star-SpangledBanner” during the April 18 school board meeting.

Milford sixth-graders, from left, Lakha Miles, Austin Showalter, Joshua Wilmes, Emily Stavrakis, Alexa Mueller, Andrea Armstrong, Bailey Kolb andBrianna Dietrich perform “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Milford school board meeting Thursday, April 18. KEITH BIERYGOLICK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Milfordsixth-graders Sarah

Horsle, left, andEmily Hall

concentrate duringtheir performance

of “TheStar-SpangledBanner” at theMilford schoolboard meeting

Thursday, April 18.KEITH BIERYGOLICK/THE

COMMUNITY PRESS

Milford sixth-graders Lakha Miles, left, and Austin Showalter play “The Star-SpangledBanner” at the Milford school board meeting Thursday, April 18. KEITH BIERYGOLICK/THE

COMMUNITY PRESS

‘Star-Spangled’sixth-graders perform

at board meetingBy Keith BieryGolickkbierygolick@communitypress.com

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SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL CommunityPress.com

COMMUNITYPRESSEditor: Melanie Laughman, mlaughman@communitypress.com, 513-248-7573

MILFORD — Bill Marran could seeDavid DiSilvestro’s skill set the firsttime he stepped foot on the track.

As the middle school and highschool hurdles coach atMilford, Mar-ran isn’t surprised by the early suc-cessDiSilvestrohasexperiencedoverhis freshmen and sophomore seasons.

“When he was in eighth grade andran hurdles I could see it right thenand there,” he said. “… I could tell(early on) he had the speed and tech-nique after working with him.”

The sophomore currently holds thetop time and the second-best time inthe 300- and 110-meter hurdles, re-spectively, in the Eastern CincinnatiConference, had ran his best time ofthe season (40.07) in the 300 at the An-derson Invitational the week of April22.

“A lot of thingshave improvedwithhim being a year older,” Marran said.“He’s smoother, he has better tech-nique, his attitude is good, and so he isimproving. He’s going to compete fora league championship this year andbe one of the top runners in this area.”

A big key to his success is having ayear of experience under his belt. Itcanbedauntingforafreshmentoraceagainst mostly upperclassmen andthatwas thecase forDiSilvestro earlyon in his high school career.

“It was kind of scary at first,” DiS-ilvestro said. “Every one was moremuscular than me, but once I startedand got to know the guys I was racingagainst, Iwasmore comfortable.Nowit is a lot more fun now that I have be-come friends with a lot of the guys.”

His freshman season included set-ting school records in both hurdleevents, but endedona sournotewith afifth-place finish at districts in boththe 110 and 300 missing the regionalmeet by one spot. Instead of beingdown about the situations, thematuresophomore hopes it will provided himwith motivation and experience forthis postseason.

“I think I’ll knowwhat competitionI’ll have to run against,” he said. “I’llknowwho is left andhowwell Ihave torun to get into regionals. (Last season)districts were at Mason and therewere so many schools and it was a lit-tle overwhelming when you lookaroundandseesomanypeople there.”

While the sophomore has a plan inplace that includes making a trip tothestatemeetover thenext twoyears,Marran is preparing him for what toexpect come the 2013 postseason.

“… (Last season) I don’t think hereally understood just how competi-tive and how hard it is to get to thatnext level,” the coach said. “He sawhow strong and big the seniors wereand saw this iswhat he has to do to getthere. … After he went against thoseguys he realized he wasn’t that farawayandheknowswhat it takes togetthere now and that is what we are try-ing to do right now.”

Milford’sDiSilvestrohurdles thecompetitionBy Tom Skeentskeen@communitypress.com

Milford sophomore David DiSilvestroholds the school record in both the 110-and 300-meter hurdle events and rankssecond and first, respectively, in the ECCin both events in 2013. THANKS TO KEISER

PHOTOGRAPHY

Baseball» Clermont Northeastern got eight

strikeouts and two RBI from Joey Cock-erham in a14-3win overWesternBrownApril 26. The Rockets made it two in arow with a 10-0 win over Felicity-Frank-lin April 27. Catcher Zane Bierman was3-4 with a double and four RBI.

»Milford slipped by CHCA 4-3, April26. Tristan Lana picked up the win. TheEagles notched their 16th win of the sea-son with an 8-0 victory over Kings April30. Senior Austin Walker was 3-4 with adouble, home run and four RBI. ZachCook earned his fourthwin of the seasonfollowing a 7-5 victory over Glen EsteMay 3. Junior AndrewMinton led the of-fense with a 3-3 day and two RBI.

»Goshen lost toBethel-Tate 7-3,April29. Noah Billingsley was 2-3. The War-riors rebounded with a 5-4 victory overNorwood April 30. Sophomore Paul Col-lins drove in the game-winning run.

Softball

» AllisonGilkersondrove in tworuns,while CarlyAselagewas 2-2with a tripleand three RBI in Clermont Northeast-ern’s 15-0 five-inning victory over Ame-lia April 26. Emily Anderson picked upher 11th win of the season while drivingin two runs in the Lady Rockets’ 2-0 winover Western Brown April 27. McKenaMiller was 4-4 with a double and fourruns scored in the Lady Rockets’ 10-0,five-inningwin over BlanchesterMay 3.

»Milford lost to Lakota West 3-0,April 27. TheLadyEagles rebounded fora 5-4 victory over Kings April 29. KatieNollwas2-4withaRBI.Fairfield slippedby theLadyEagles 3-2,April 30despite a2-4 day from freshman Hannah Huffer.In an epic 15-inning contest, Milford de-featedGlenEste 7-6,May 3.KaylaGreg-ory finished the day 3-6.

»Goshen shutdown Norwood 10-1,April 30 behind four RBI from Rian Ad-ams and two from Bethany Strauss.

Boys tennis»Goshen lost toMadeira 4-1, April 29.

The doubles team of Cole Hadley andChris Treadway earned the lone victory.The Warriors notched another win, this

time 4-1 over Amelia April 30. Sopho-moreMalachiGierzakwon 6-1, 6-2 atNo.1 singles.

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PRESS PREPS HIGHLIGHTS

By Tom Skeentskeen@communitypress.com

The Clermont NortheasternLady Rockets softball teamimproved to 13-4 on the sea-

sonfollowingafive-inning10-0winoverBataviaMay1. Senior pitcherEmily Anderson allowed just onehit - which came in the fifth inningvia a bunt - and struck out 12, giv-ing her 157 on the season. CNE isrankedNo. 1 in The Enquirer Divi-sions II-IV area coaches’ poll andNo. 8 in the DIII OHFSCA statepoll.

Clermont Northeastern senior pitcher Emily Anderson hurls in a fastball to a Batavia batter. Anderson is 13-3 on the season with 11shutouts and a 0.77 ERA. TOM SKEEN/COMMUNITY PRESS

Clermont Northeastern senior McKena Miller sits inher defensive stance at first base in the secondinning. The senior is hitting .446 on the season with25 hits and 21 runs scored. TOM SKEEN/COMMUNITY PRESS

Clermont Northeastern freshmanLindsey Wright takes a practice cut

before stepping into the batters’ boxin the fourth inning. Wright is hitting.292 with eight RBI and a stolen basesthis season. TOM SKEEN/COMMUNITY PRESS

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Challengersoccer camp

Challenger Sports is havingseveral of its British SoccerCamps in the area:

Bethel Youth Soccer Associa-tion, week of June 10

Cincinnati Country DaySchool (British soccer and TetraBrazil), week of June 10

Wall2wall soccer, week ofJune 10.

Eastgate Soccer, week ofJune 24.

Indian Hill RecreationalSoccer, week of June 24.

St. Ursula Villa, week of July8-11.

NWCC SAYMilford, week ofJuly 29.

Challenger’s 1,000 touchescoaching syllabus provides aninnovative daily regimen offoot-skills, moves, juggling,tactical practices and daily

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camp T-shirt, soccer ball, giantsoccer poster and personalizedskills performance evaluation.

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Complete Playerbasketball camp

The Complete Player basket-ball camp for players in secondthrough ninth grades is comingto Batavia High School July8-11, with Northern KentuckyUniversity’s all-time high-scorerCraig Sanders.

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A8 • MILFORD-MIAMI ADVERTISER • MAY 8, 2013

Prayers go upMay 2, National Day of Prayer, peo-

ple prayed on the court house steps inBatavia. Then the blessings came downin bright blue skies, a warm breeze.County Commissioners Bob Proud andDavid Uible presented a proclamationto the Eastgate Community Church fortheir many years of hosting the Pastor’sBrunch.

We welcomed home three recentlyreturned from the war zone. A standingovation was given to Sgt. Micheal Cline,SSgt. Buck Campbell and Col. Jess Ab-bott as they led the Pledge and a prayerfor our military.

Elected officials read from the Biblewhile area pastors prayed for our coun-try, our county, our community, includ-ing our police, firefighters and EMT.

Patriotic music echoed thoughtoutthe village by local soloists John Hale,JenniferThomas,DennisDavidson,EveMoody and the Gorski Family.

Pastor John Martin prayed for thechildren gathered on the steps.

A moment of silence followed asthoughts of the recent tragedy in New-town and in Boston flooded our minds.Then the sounds of “Taps” as we pon-

dered the price paid for our freedom -andweprayed forAmerica’s future.Notjust on this one day, but the other 364days of the years.

Libbie BennettMonroe Township

Union busters?Somany things are wrong with Chris

Barnett’s column about the Tea Party’sdesire to bust unions, I don’t knowwhere to start. Let’s go with union cor-ruptionandgraft.Examples? InarecentBecker Report, Ohio State Rep. JohnBecker mentioned some abuses he wit-nessedworking in union shops: Employ-ees leaving work while on the clock tobowl and drink beer; being drunk orhigh on the job; working one shift andgetting paid for two (generating over-time). I could go on, but my stomach’sgetting queasy. Are these the kind ofbenefits non-union employees want tofreeload, Mr. Barnett?

Tea Party and bigmoney? Few spendas much money in the political arena asbig labor. It’s the main reason Obama’sin the White House. Unions once had avalid purpose, but no longer. Most,though not all, are cesspools of greed,corruption and inefficiency. They are

the main reason companies close, moveto right-to-work states, or leave thecountry altogether. (Can you say Boe-ing, or Keebler?)

The Tea Party stands for three things

sorely needed in America today: Small-er government. Lower taxes. Free mar-kets. That’s it. Nothing more. Unionsneed not apply. They don’t fit our demo-graphic.

John JosephClermont County Tea Party

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Send column to other papersI am writing in response to George

Porzuc’s letter in theMay1editionof theMilford-MiamiAdvertiser.Mr.Porzuc, Idon’t have any good stories to share be-cause I was not in Boston at the time ofthe bombing. I am writing to ask you toplease send your letter to the BostonGlobe,USA Today, theNewYork Times,and theWall Street Journal. Such awell-written letter deserves to be printed inthese large newspapers.Maybe itwouldcause the editors to pause amoment andthink about how they are playing intothe terrorists’ hands by giving them somuch publicity. Andwouldn’t it be greatif your letter was printed, and peoplewho were there when the bombs wentoffwrote to thepaperswith thegoodsto-ries?

Karen RoweMilford

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Should people have exotic animalsas pets? There are numerous reasonswhy it is not a good idea to keep exoticanimals as pets. The first reason is thatexotic animals can be dangerous to theowner and to others. The second reasonis keeping exotic animals can be detri-

mental to the animals inthe wild because it in-creases poaching. Thethird reason is that exot-ic animals can be danger-ous to local wildlife.

Exotic animals aredangerous to the owner and to others.Exotic animals are wild animals thatcan harm you either from bites, venomor diseases that they carry. For ex-ample, an African squirrel carries adisease known as monkey pox, whichcan make you very sick and is unlikelybe diagnosed due to its rarity in theUnited States. Some can injure you likethe coral snake. It’s venomous bite canmake you collapse and stop breathing.There are also numerous instanceswhere large constrictor snakes haveescaped their cages and eaten smallchildren and other pets.

Owning exotic pets is detrimental tothe animals in the wild because it in-creases poaching of wild animals to besold as pets. Native parrot populationsare endangered due to poachers steal-ing young birds and eggs to sell in petstores. Many exotic animals are en-dangered in the wild such as tigers andmany exotic cats. An increase in de-mand for these animals as pets willmake themmore valuable, which willencourage poachers to trap adults andsteal young. This will endanger thewild population.

Keeping exotic animals is also dan-gerous for the local ecosystem thatthey are kept in. Animals escape their

enclosures frequently, especially whennot being handled by professionals.When they escape into the wild theycan breed and cause numerous prob-lems with the native animals. EscapedBurmese pythons are taking over theeverglades and competing for foodwith local alligator populations. Nilemonitor lizards that have escaped inFlorida are further endangering bur-rowing owls, which are already a pro-tected species in the area. Monk para-keets build colonial nests that can dam-age electrical power poles and causepower outages.

It is easy to understand why peoplethink that it is a good idea to have anexotic animal as a pet. They are fre-quently very colorful and beautiful,and it can be prestigious to own some-thing that is rare and difficult to ac-quire. Also, people are rarely allergicto exotic pets like reptiles and somemammals like marsupials.

However, when you look at all theharm that exotic animals can do, suchas eat a child, poison the owner, deci-mate local protected species and cutout power to entire neighborhoods, it isdifficult to argue that they make goodpets. In conclusion, I think that exoticanimals should not be kept as pets.

Aaron Sexton is the winner of theSixth-Grade Column Contest at MeadowviewElementary School. Noah Baker and Hannah

Periman wrote the runners up columns.Editor’s note: For several years, the

Milford-Miami Advertiser has partnered withthe Milford Exempted Village School Districtto conduct a writing contest for sixth-graders.

The goal is to encourage students to writepersuasive pieces on a topic chosen by their

teachers. Columns are judged and the winningpiece from each elementary building is printedon the Viewpoints page. The second column for2013 is from Meadowview Elementary School.

Do exotic animalsmake good pets?

AaronSextonCOMMUNITYPRESS GUESTCOLUMNIST

The winner of the Sixth-Grade Column Contest at Meadowview Elementary School inMilford is Aaron Sexton. The runners up are Noah Baker, left, and Hannah Periman.PROVIDED

May 1 questionShould Congress pass a bill which

would empower states to make onlineretailers collect sales taxes for pur-chases made over the Internet? Why orwhy not?

“Congress should definitely notpass a bill that forces states to collectsales tax for purchases made online.

“The Supreme Court has alreadyruled (1992) that a business musthave a physical presence in a state inorder to collect a use tax or a salestax.

“In 2011, legislation was proposed(and defeated) which would allowstates to collect sales tax on internetsales, a proviso of which was thateach and every one of 50 states wouldhave to simplify its state tax code.Yeah right.

“If legislation like this was to pass,every on-line retailer would then besubject to calculating sales tax forevery state and potentially everymu-nicipality in which any purchaserlives adding unwieldy costs to the in-ternet business’s cost of doing busi-ness and reducing the company’sprofit margins.

“Would this drive any ‘mom andpop’ internet business out of busi-ness? Would it raise the cost of goodsand services in online outlets? Wouldit deter any startup internet busi-ness? Would it then force consumersby default to only look tomega-onlinestores for products? The intendedand unintended consequences of cre-ating such a short-sighted law are sostaggering that Congress should rele-gate this to the trash heap of history.”

M.K.

“The answer is a resoundingNo! Itis unconstitutional.

“Refer to your copy of the U.S.Constitution, Article I, Section 9,Paragraph 5: ‘No tax or duty shall belaid on goods exported from anystate.’

“Any state currently collectingsuch tax is doing it illegally. Ohio can-not collect it or coerce you to volun-teer it if the purchase is made andshipped to you from another state.”

B.C.

“We’re already taxed enough!Having to pay shipping adds to thecost of ordering online, but not pay-ing sales tax helps to make up forthat. Taxing Internet purchaseswould discourage many people frompatronizing online companies andthose companies could be thrown outof business, resulting in more peoplelosing their jobs (with more people

having to go on unemployment orwelfare). The government needs tostop wasting our money and findways to cut spending. Increasing tax-es only gives the politicians moremoney to spend frivolously andcauses folks likeme to stop spending,which only makes the economyworse. It seems to be their only solu-tion (along with printing worthlessmoney) to a terrible financial situa-tion.”

C.H.

“Collecting the sales tax is an ad-ministrative nightmare. Most but notall states have one and inmany areas,it varies from county to county. Somestates tax clothing and others don’t.Nationally, the system of sales anduse taxes is a nightmare. Merchantshave to deal with their own state’smess already. Why should they haveto deal with dozens of other regula-tions as well. The Internet and thetelephone hasmade tax evaders of allof us because we buy things else-where and don’t pay our home state’stax. Let’s leave things the way theyare or outlaw state sales taxes andhave one national sales tax whoseproceeds get sent back to the states.”

F.S.D.

“No, Congress should not. Online‘E-Tailers’ are often very small in-home businesses. To require them tocollect and distribute sales taxesback to dozens of states would place ahardship upon them that would likelyforce them out of business. Besides,the rule for mail-order businesseshas always been limited to collectingthe sales tax only for states in whichthey have a physical presence. In ad-dition, this change is being pursuedby the federal government in an areathat lies outside the scope of theirconstitutional limitations. Not thatthat has ever bothered the Feds in re-cent years, but I think it’s time some-one put the Feds back in their place.

“Heaven knows they have enoughtrouble dealing with the areas theyare constitutionally required to reg-ulate.”

R.V.

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WILLIAMSBURG — Childrengot a little time off school April26, but that doesn’t mean theystopped learning.

Local schools sent buses ofstudents to the WilliamsburgCommunityParkfor the21stan-nual Grassy Run HeritageRendezvous.

Children were greeted bywarmweather and sunshine, aswell as settlers from the 1700sand 1800s.

Participants learnedhowusea two-person saw, throw primi-tive weapons and how to shapetin canswith nothingmore thana hammer and nail.

The event followed April 27and April 28 for the generalpublic.

Grassy Run let residentsstep back in time

Williamsburg Mayor Mary Ann Lefker and GrassyRun Historical Arts Committee President GeorgeWest wait for the opening ceremony at this year’sGrassy Run Heritage Rendezvous presented April26 to April 28 in the village’s community park.The mayor later read a proclamation honoringthe group for its dedication in promoting andpreserving the county’s rich heritage and history.SHARON BRUMAGEM/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Loveland residents Ken Ashcraftand his wife Debbie stroll thegrounds during this year’s GrassyRun Heritage Rendezvous. Ken isa vice president of the Grassy RunHistorical Arts Committee. SHARON

BRUMAGEM/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Lee Stegmann of Batavia talks with Charlie Collins of Chillicothe, Ohio,about his chair-making demonstration. KEITH BIERYGOLICK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Fourth-grader Justin Buschard of Bethel saws apiece of wood using an old-fashioned two-mansaw. KEITH BIERYGOLICK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Denver Hinkston of Moscow instructs Jack Hays,a fifth-grader at Summit Country DayElementary. KEITH BIERYGOLICK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Jaylynn Brady of Williamsburg Elementary uses a hammer to etch aheart into the surface of a tin cup. KEITH BIERYGOLICK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Fourth-graders Morgan Maloney and Genna Hutchison, both of Bethel, saw a piece of wood while GeorgeWest looks on during the annual Grassy Run Heritage Rendezvous Friday, April 26. KEITH BIERYGOLICK/THE

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Karmah Khoury, a fifth-grader from SummitCountry Day Elementary, takes aim during theannual Grassy Run Heritage Rendezvous Friday,April 26. KEITH BIERYGOLICK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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THURSDAY, MAY 9Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Class, 6:30-7:30p.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, 2010 Wolfangel Road,$5. 379-4900. Anderson Town-ship.Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Trinity United Methodist ChurchMilford, 5767 Wolfpen-PleasantHill Road, Fusion of jazz dance,resistance training, Pilates, yogaand kickboxing. $38 per month.Presented by Jazzercise Milford.476-7522; www.jazzercise.com.Milford.Zumba Fitness Class withRobin, 7 p.m., Woodland LakesChristian Camp, 3054 Lindale-Mount Holly Road, Ages 10 andup. All experience levels. $5.310-5600; www.robin513.zum-ba.com.Monroe Township.SilverSneakers, 9-10 a.m.,Union Township Civic Center,4350 Aicholtz Road, Variety ofexercises designed to increasemuscular strength, range ofmovement and activity for dailyliving skills. Call for pricing.947-7344. Union Township.

NatureNature Knowledge Series:Harvestmen andWhat TheyHarvest, 7-8:30 p.m., CincinnatiNature Center at RoweWoods,4949 Tealtown Road, Separatingfact from fiction for thesemisunderstood spindly crittersalso known as daddy long-legs.Ages 18 and up. Members free;nonmembers pay daily admis-sion. 831-1711. Union Township.

FRIDAY, MAY10Business ClassesJob Search Learning Labs,1-3:30 p.m., Anderson SeniorCenter, 7970 Beechmont Ave.,Technically-oriented learningopportunities for those in jobtransition. Free. Presented byJob Search Learning Labs. 474-3100; www.jobsearchlearnin-glabs.wikidot.com. AndersonTownship.

Dining EventsFish Fry, 6-7:30 p.m., DennisJohnson VFW Post 6562, 1596Ohio 131, Fish sandwiches,chicken fingers or six-pieceshrimp dinner. Includes coleslawand French fries. Carryoutavailable. $5.50 and up. Present-ed by Ladies Auxiliary DennisJohnson VFW Post 6562. 575-2102.Milford.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Class, 9:30-10:30a.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, $5. 379-4900. AndersonTownship.Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Trinity United Methodist ChurchMilford, $38 per month. 476-7522; www.jazzercise.com.Milford.Chair Yoga, 9-10:10 a.m., Yogawith Sharon Studio 1, 267Mount Holly Road, Yoga thatbegins and ends in chair. Stand-ing poses when applicable.Focus on core strength, flexibil-ity, breathing and relaxation. $6drop-in or $50 for 10 classes.Presented by Yoga with Sharon.237-4574. Amelia.SilverSneakers Yoga Stretch,9-10 a.m., Union Township CivicCenter, 4350 Aicholtz Road,Complete series of seated andstanding yoga poses. Restorativebreathing exercises and finalrelaxation promote stress reduc-tion and mental clarity. Call forpricing. Presented by SilverS-neakers. 478-6783. Union Town-ship.

Health / WellnessMobile Mammography Unit, 7a.m.-3:30 p.m., Kroger Mulberry,1093 Ohio 28, Fifteen-minutescreenings. Cost varies perinsurance plan. Financial assis-tance available for qualifiedapplicants. Appointment re-quired. Presented by MercyHealth Partners. 686-3300;www.e-mercy.com.Mulberry.

Music - AcousticSteve Featherston, 6 p.m.,Stonekry Resale Books, 8253Beechmont Ave., Free. 474-0123;www.stonekry.org. AndersonTownship.

Music - Classic RockMicheall & John (from CheapThrill), 7:30-10:30 p.m., GreenKayak Market and Eatery, 204Front St., Free. 843-6040. NewRichmond.

On Stage - TheaterMurder Mystery Dinner:Crime and Pun-ishment, 7

p.m., American Legion Post 318,6660 Clough Road, Includesmulti-course meal. Adult bever-ages available. $60, $45 withmention of this listing. 888-643-2583; www.grimprov.com/Cincinnati. Anderson Township.

Runs / WalksRelay for Life Anderson Town-ship, 6 p.m., Anderson HighSchool, 7560 Forest Road, Walkends Saturday at noon. Teams ofpeople walk track to raisemoney for cancer. After dark,luminaries honor people whohave been touched by cancer.Benefits American CancerSociety. Free, donations accept-ed. Registration required. Pre-sented by American CancerSociety Relay for Life AndersonTownship. 888-227-6446, ext.4223; www.relayforlife.org/andersonoh. Anderson Town-ship.

ShoppingMother’s Day Flower Sale andGrill-Out, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Em-manuel United MethodistChurch, 4312 Amelia OliveBranch Road, Flowers for saleinclude baskets, flats and peren-nials. 732-1400; www.emman-uel-umc.com. Batavia.

SATURDAY, MAY11Antiques ShowsAntiques and Artists on theOhio, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., The Band-stand, Western Ave. andSusannaWay, Saturday featurescrafts and artists on villagebandstand greens. Sundayfeatures antique dealers onbandstand green. Free. Present-ed by Historic New Richmond.543-9149. New Richmond.

BenefitsLadies’ Afternoon Tea, 10:30a.m.-1:30 p.m., ReceptionsBanquet and Conference CenterEastgate, 4450 Eastgate Blvd.,Specialty vendors, compli-mentary chair massages, raffles,luncheon and special entertain-ment. Theme based on classic1952 American musical comedyfilm, “Singin’ in the Rain.”Benefits A Caring Place Preg-nancy Help Center. $25. Reserva-tions required. Presented by ACaring Place Pregnancy HelpCenter. 300-3565. Union Town-ship.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Class, 9:30-10:30a.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, $5. 379-4900. AndersonTownship.Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Trinity United Methodist ChurchMilford, $38 per month. 476-7522; www.jazzercise.com.Milford.

Garden ShowsAnderson Township HistoricalSociety Plant Sale, 9 a.m.-4p.m., Miller-Leuser Log House,6550 Clough Pike, All home-grown plants. Free. Presented byAnderson Township HistoricalSociety. 231-2114. AndersonTownship.

Music - Choral

Bowling Green State Univer-sity Collegiate Chorale, 7-8p.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, 2010 Wolfangel Road,Varied concert program spansfrom classical music to Americanfolk songs, from Bach to Britten,and French chansons to vocaljazz. Free. 470-7464. AndersonTownship.

NatureOhio Young Birders Club, 9a.m.-noon, Cincinnati NatureCenter at RoweWoods, 4949Tealtown Road, Ages 12-18, oryounger based on interest.Hiking and watching birds. $10online preregistration requiredto join. 831-1711. Union Town-ship.Enchanted Forest: CreatingHomes for Woodland Crea-tures, 1-4 p.m., CincinnatiNature Center at RoweWoods,4949 Tealtown Road, Use yourimagination to create a one-of-a-kind temporary home forwoodland creatures. For ages 12and under with an adult. Mem-bers free; nonmembers pay dailyadmission. 831-1711. UnionTownship.Migratory Bird Day, 1-3 p.m.,Woodland Mound, 8250 OldKellogg Road, SeasongoodNature Center. Bird-themedopen house with several activitystations teaching the life cycle ofmigratory birds. Free, vehiclepermit required. Presented byHamilton County Park District.521-7275. Anderson Township.

PetsPet Adoptions, 1-4 p.m., Pep-permint Pig, 8255 BeechmontAve., Cats and dogs available foradoption. 474-0005; www.pep-permintpig.org. AndersonTownship.

RecreationMatt MaupinMemorial Kids’Fishing Tournament, 11 a.m.-1p.m., Pattison Park, 2228 U.S. 50,Ages 15 and under. Prizesawarded for several categoriesin each age group. Includes freehot dog lunch. Sponsored byEast Fork Bass Anglers. Free.Presented by Clermont CountyPark District. 876-9013;www.parks.clermontcountyo-hio.gov. Owensville.

Runs / WalksSpring Bird Walk, 8 a.m., Cin-cinnati Nature Center at RoweWoods, 4949 Tealtown Road,Join bird guide and hike trails.Beginners welcome. Bringbinoculars and dress for weath-er. Ages 18 and up. Membersfree; nonmembers pay dailyadmission. 831-1711. UnionTownship.Wildflower Walks, 10 a.m.,Cincinnati Nature Center at

RoweWoods, 4949 TealtownRoad, Learn wildflower identifi-cation along trails during peakof spring wildflower season.Ages 18 and up. Members free;nonmembers pay daily admis-sion. 831-1711. Union Township.

ShoppingMother’s Day Flower Sale andGrill-Out, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Em-manuel United MethodistChurch, 732-1400; www.emman-uel-umc.com. Batavia.

SUNDAY, MAY12Antiques ShowsAntiques and Artists on theOhio, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., The Band-stand, Free. 543-9149. NewRichmond.

Exercise ClassesCardio Kick Boxing, 6-7 p.m.,ATA Taekwondo Black BeltAcademy, 8510 Beechmont Ave.,Led by George Sizemore, fourth-degree black belt and co-ownerof ATA Black Belt Academy.Family friendly. $5. 652-0286;www.atacincinnati.com. An-derson Township.

NatureHands on Nature: FlowerPress, 1-2 p.m., CincinnatiNature Center at RoweWoods,4949 Tealtown Road, Play Facili-tators provide variety of toolsand toys for children to borrowto explore PlayScape. Includedwith daily admission; free formembers. 831-1711. UnionTownship.Life in the Stream, 1-2 p.m.,Cincinnati Nature Center atRoweWoods, 4949 TealtownRoad, Find out which animalsmake their home in and nearthe water and which animalsonly come for a visit. For ages 12and under with an adult. Mem-bers free; nonmembers pay dailyadmission. 831-1711. UnionTownship.The Great Snake Count, 1 p.m.,Cincinnati Nature Center atRoweWoods, 4949 TealtownRoad, Delve into role of snakesin nature as you find, catch,measure and identify variety ofnon-venomous snakes. Membersfree; nonmembers pay dailyadmission. Registration re-quired. 831-1711. Union Town-ship.

MONDAY, MAY13Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Class, 6:30-7:30p.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, $5. 379-4900. AndersonTownship.Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Trinity United Methodist ChurchMilford, $38 per month. 476-7522; www.jazzercise.com.

Milford.Zumbawith KC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,Bethel Community Center, 135N. Union St., Zumba fitness andZumba Gold classes. $5. Present-ed by Kimberley “KC” Coniglio.240-5180; www.zumbawithkc-.com. Bethel.Zumba Class, 7-8 p.m., LemingHouse, 5951 Buckwheat Road,Summer Rackley leads high-intensity workout. Latin dancesteps. Ages 18 and up. $25 for sixweeks. Presented by MiamiTownship Parks and Recreation.248-3727; www.miamitwpoh-.gov.Miami Township.SilverSneakers, 9:15-10 a.m.,Union Township Civic Center,Call for pricing. 947-7344. UnionTownship.Chair Yoga, 9-10:10 a.m., Leg-endary Community Center, 3601West Legendary Run, Increaseyour strength and flexibilitywhile sitting in a chair or stand-ing and using chair for balance.Learn breathing techniques topromote well-being and calm-ness and to maximize yourbody’s potential. $7.50 or $40for six classes. Presented bySharon Strickland. 237-4574;yogawithsharon@yahoo.com.Pierce Township.HathaMat Yoga, 6-7:10 p.m.,Legendary Community Center,3601West Legendary Run,Designed to help increase yourstrength, flexibility and well-being. Each class includesbreathing practices, stretching,strength training and relaxation.Bring mat. $7.50 or $40 for sixclasses. Presented by SharonStrickland. 237-4574; yogawith-sharon@yahoo.com. PierceTownship.

TUESDAY, MAY14Chair Yoga, 9-10:10 a.m., Yogawith Sharon Studio 1, $6 drop-inor $50 for 10 classes. 237-4574.Amelia.

Health / WellnessOPTIFASTWeight Loss Pro-gram Information Session,9-10 a.m., Mercy HealthPlexAnderson, 7495 State Road,Free. Registration required.Presented by Mercy HealthPartners. 956-3729; www.e-mercy.com. Anderson Township.

WEDNESDAY, MAY15Art & Craft ClassesFree Knitting Classes, 7-8:30p.m., Milford Heights Church ofChrist, 1646 Ohio 28, Basicknitting techniques, fresh ideasand short devotional time. Free.575-1874.Milford.

Dining EventsWAVE Free Community Din-ner, 6 p.m., Milford First UnitedMethodist Church, 541Main St.,Part of Wednesdays Are VeryExtraordinary event. No churchservice attached, no reservationsneeded. All welcome. Family-friendly meals. Free; donationsaccepted. 831-5500; www.mil-fordfirstumc.org.Milford.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Class, 6:30-7:30p.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, $5. 379-4900. AndersonTownship.Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Trinity United Methodist ChurchMilford, $38 per month. 476-7522; www.jazzercise.com.Milford.Zumbawith KC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,Bethel Community Center, $5.240-5180; www.zumbawithkc-.com. Bethel.

Health / WellnessPre-Diabetes Class, 4-6 p.m.,Mercy Health Anderson Hospi-tal, 7500 State Road, Informa-tion on making healthy foodchoices, exercise and bloodsugar control and monitoringblood sugar levels. $20. Present-ed by Mercy Health Partners.956-3729; www.e-mercy.com.Anderson Township.

Music - AcousticKevin Fox, 7-10 p.m., MamaVita’s, 6405 Branch Hill GuineaPike, Free. 324-7643. Loveland.

Music - BluegrassThe Goodle Boys, 6:30-9 p.m.,Front Street Cafe, 120 Front St.,Free. 553-4800; frontstcafe.com.New Richmond.

RecreationUnited Fore Youth Golf Clas-sic, 12:30-9:30 p.m., VineyardGolf Course, 600 Nordyke Road,Anthony Munoz, Hall-of-Famer/offensive lineman, and DaveLapham, Cincinnati Bengalsradio personality, hold question-and-answer session during

dinner. Benefits CincinnatiYouth Collaborative. $135.Registration required. Presentedby Cincinnati Youth Collab-orative. 363-5253; www.cy-cyouth.org. Pierce Township.

THURSDAY, MAY16BenefitsQuarter Raffle for Autism, 7p.m., Stonekry Resale Books,8253 Beechmont Ave., Doorsopen 6:30 p.m. $2. 474-0123;www.stonekry.org. AndersonTownship.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Class, 6:30-7:30p.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, $5. 379-4900. AndersonTownship.Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Trinity United Methodist ChurchMilford, $38 per month. 476-7522; www.jazzercise.com.Milford.SilverSneakers, 9-10 a.m.,Union Township Civic Center,Call for pricing. 947-7344. UnionTownship.

Health / WellnessMobile Heart Screenings, 7-11a.m., Walgreens Milford, 1243Ohio 28, Several screeningpackages available to test risk ofheart attack, stroke, aneurysmand other major diseases. Ap-pointment required. Presentedby Mercy Health Partners.866-819-0127; www.mercy-healthfair.com.Milford.Surgical and Non-SurgicalWeight Loss InformationSession, 6:30-7:30 p.m., MercyHealthPlex Anderson, 7495 StateRoad, With Drs. Joe Northupand Mohamed Dahman. Free.Registration required. Presentedby Mercy Health Partners.956-3729; www.e-mercy.com.Anderson Township.

Home & GardenDo-It-Herself Workshop:Inspired by Pinterest: Succu-lent Gardens, 6:30-8 p.m., TheHome Depot-Beechmont, 520Ohio Pike, Learn benefits ofcontainer gardening, to identifyand select succulents to createcontainer garden, to plantsucculent container garden andto provide care for the garden.Free. 688-1654, ext. 077; work-shops.homedepot.com. Beech-mont.

NatureTeacher’s Night Out: Turtlesand Telemetry, 6-8 p.m.,Cincinnati Nature Center atRoweWoods, 4949 TealtownRoad, Learn about eastern boxturtle tracking. Ages 18 and up.Free for teachers. Registrationrequired by May 14. 831-1711;msabo@cincynature.org. UnionTownship.

FRIDAY, MAY17Business ClassesJob Search Learning Labs,1-3:30 p.m., Anderson SeniorCenter, Free. 474-3100;www.jobsearchlearninglabs.wi-kidot.com. Anderson Township.

Dining EventsFish Fry, 6-7:30 p.m., DennisJohnson VFW Post 6562, $5.50and up. 575-2102.Milford.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Class, 9:30-10:30a.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, $5. 379-4900. AndersonTownship.Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Trinity United Methodist ChurchMilford, $38 per month. 476-7522; www.jazzercise.com.Milford.Chair Yoga, 9-10:10 a.m., Yogawith Sharon Studio 1, $6 drop-inor $50 for 10 classes. 237-4574.Amelia.SilverSneakers Yoga Stretch,9-10 a.m., Union Township CivicCenter, Call for pricing. 478-6783. Union Township.

Health / WellnessMobile Mammography Unit, 7a.m.-3:30 p.m., Kroger AndersonTowne Center, 7580 BeechmontAve., Fifteen-minute screenings.Cost varies per insurance plan.Financial assistance available forqualified applicants. Appoint-ment required. Presented byMercy Health Partners. 686-3300; www.e-mercy.com. An-derson Township.

Music - AcousticBob Bridges andMike Combs,6-8 p.m., Stonekry Resale Books,8253 Beechmont Ave., Free.474-0123; www.stonekry.org.Anderson Township.

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Learn about Life in the Stream from1-2 p.m. Sunday, May 12, at the Cincinnati NatureCenter at RoweWoods, 4949 Tealtown Road. Find out which animals make their home inand near the water and which animals only come for a visit. For children ages 12 andunder with an adult. The program is free for members, non-members pay daily admission,which is $8, $3 for children ages 4 to 12. For more information, call 831-1711 or visitwww.cincynature.org.

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NoGreater LoveJoined by magnetic force, this pendant symbolizes thelimitless bond that unites mothers with their children.A wearable sculpture depicting a mother lovingly

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I had a rather unusualrequest for a Mother’sDay present from ayoung woman who want-ed to make her momsome homemade spa

products.She want-ed some-thing thatthe chidl-ren couldhelp with,too.

Home-made spaproductsare easy tomake,

healthful and beautiful.I’m sharing a few of myfavorites here, and therewill be more on my blog,so check that out. As Ihave said lots of times, agift from the hands is agift from the heart. Hap-pyMother’s Day to all ofour moms, biological andotherwise.

Rita’s homemadebath salts

Master recipe:

1 cup Epsom salt1⁄4 cup sea salt2 tablespoons baking soda

Optional add-ins:

1 tablespoon dry goat orcow’s milk

1 tablespoon dry bath herbsof your choice, finelyground or not, or a fewdrops essential oil of yourchoice.

Mix together. To use,pour 1⁄4 cup into a hotbath.

Tip from Rita’skitchen

Essential oils are dis-tilled from plants and arevery strongly scented.There are many kinds,from soothing lavenderto energizing pepper-mint.

Epsom salt soothesmuscles and helps re-plenish magnesium lev-els and remove toxinsfrom skin.

Sea salt is recom-mended for its mineralcontent.

Baking soda is alka-line, helps soothe andclean without harmingdelicate skin.

Simple sugar scrub

Mix together:

1 cup fine granulated sugar1⁄2 cup oil of choice: jojoba,almond, olive, grapeseed

Use for face, neck andthroat. Avoid eye area.Use a circular motionand gently rub the scrubinto your forehead,cheeks, chin and neck.Rinse with warmwater.Finish with cool water toclose pores. Store inrefrigerator.

Foaming bath oilStir together gently:

1⁄2 cup your choice of oil (seesimple sugar scrub forchoices)

1⁄4 cupmild, unscented liquidsoap or baby shampoo

Optional: Few dropsessential oil of choice

Eddie Merlot’spotatoes

I don’t know if Linda,who requested the recipefrom this Montgomeryrestaurant, is a mom, butif so, this will be herpresent from YvonneSteinhauer, a Milfordreader, who has the cook-book.

11⁄4 pounds potatoes, peeledand cut into 1⁄2-inch cubes

11⁄2 tablespoons jalapenos,seeded andminced

11⁄3 cups heavy cream(whipping cream)

1⁄2 cup Gruyere cheese,shredded

1⁄3 cup Parmesan cheese,grated

1 teaspoon Tabasco1 cup cheddar cheese,shredded

Kosher salt and blackpepper

Preheat oven to 375degrees. Steam potatoesfor 30 minutes until forktender and not mushy.Put in sprayed casseroledish. In saucepan, bringcream and jalapenos to asimmer. Reduce by 25percent, about 10-12 min-utes. Whisk in Gruyere,Parmesan and Tabasco.Stir constantly untilsmooth. Season with saltand pepper. Pour overpotatoes, toss gently. Topwith Cheddar and bake15-18 minutes until hotand bubbly.

Susan Zugehoer’skey lime cake

Susan and I were col-leagues when I had mycooking school. She is aprofessional, expert bak-er and decorator. Any-thing Susan shares is aninstant favorite. Bakethis cake and you’ll un-derstand. Susan will beparticipating in the Inter-national Cake Explora-tion Societe’s annualconvention in August atthe Lexington conventioncenter. To find out more,log onto: www.ices.org. If

you want to register, youcan do so now until June1.

Preheat oven to 350degrees.

1box lemon cakemix1 (3.5 ounce) pkg. instantlemon puddingmix

4 eggs1⁄2 cup water1⁄2 cup key lime juice1⁄2 cup vegetable oil

Key lime glazeMix together:

2 cups powdered sugar1⁄3 cup lime juice

Put all ingredients inbowl and mix on highspeed for two minutes.Pour into 9-inch by 13-inch pan that has beengreased and floured withpan grease (recipe be-low).

Bake for 35-40 min-utes. When cool, frost.

Susan’s pan greaseStore in refrigerator

and let come to room

temperature to use.Mix:

1 cup each CriscoShortening, Crisco oil andall-purpose flour

Can you help?Company’s coming

cake for Megan.Carrabba’s dipping

sauce for Bonnie. “Like apesto with olive oil,” shesaid.

Hot cross buns likeBusken Bakery for Maria

Barleycorn’s bluecheese recipe for Joan,who says it’s a familyfavorite.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator and au-thor. Find her blog online atCincinnati.Com/blogs. Emailher at columns@communi-typress.com with “Rita’skitchen” in the subject line.Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Make homemade spa products for mom

RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

Rita shares recipes for homemade bath salts, a sugar scrub and foaming bath oil. THANKS TORITA HEIKENFELD.

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Saint Peter Church1192 Bethel-New Richmond Rd

New Richmond, Ohio 45157Phone 553-3267

Rev. Michael Leshney, PastorSaturday Mass - 5:00 PM

Sunday Masses – 8:30 & 11:00www.stpeternewrichmond.org

Saint Mary Church,Bethel3398 Ohio SR 125

Phone 734-4041

Rev. Michael Leshney, PastorSaturday Mass – 5:00 PM

Sunday Mass – 10:30 AMwww.stmaryparishfamily.org

ROMAN CATHOLIC

LINDALE BAPTIST CHURCH3052 ST. RT. 132 AMELIA, OH 45102

797-4189Sunday School..............................9:30amSunday Morning Worship............10:30amSunday Evening Worship...............6:30pmWednesday Prayer Service ...........7:00pm

www.lindalebaptist.com

Sunday School 10am; Morning Worship 11am;Sunday Evening Service 6pm;

Wednesday Eve. Prayer Service & Bible Study, 7:00pmReaching the Heart of Clermont County

BATAVIA BAPTIST TEMPLE770 South Riverside, Batavia OH 45103

Raymond D. Jones, Pastor732-2739

BAPTIST

MONUMENTS BAPTIST CHURCH2831 State Route 222

Mark Pence, Pastor 513-313-2401SS 9:30AM, Sun Worship 10:45AM

Wed. Prayer Service 7:00PMChildcare Provided for All Serviceswww.monumentsbaptist.org

Growing in Faith EarlyLearning Center

NOW ENROLLING513-427-4271

www.monumentsbaptist.org/growinginfaith

CLOUGH PIKE BAPTIST CHURCH1025 CLOUGH PIKESunday School 9:30am

Morning Worship 10:45amWednesday Night Worship &

Prayer Service 7:00pmNursery provided for all services/

Youth & Children’s Programswww.cloughpike.com 752-3521

SOUTHERN BAPTIST

RIVER OF LIFEAssembly of God

1793 U.S. 52, Moscow, Ohio 451531793 U.S. 52, Moscow, Ohio 45153Pastor: Ralph Ollendick

Sun. Contemporary ServiceSS -9:45am,Worship 11:00amSS -9:45am,Worship 11:00am

Wed.- Informal Biblestudy 7-8pmWed.- Informal Biblestudy 7-8pmCome ExperienceThe Presence of the Lord In Our Services

Services:Sunday Worship 10:30 AM - Children’s Church

Wednesday Worship 7:00 PM - Rangers and Girl’s MinistryFriday 24 hour prayer 6:00 PM

509 Roney LaneCincinnati Ohio 45244

T: 513.528.3200E: admin@clconline.us

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD

All Saints Lutheran Church445 Craig Road

Mt. Carmel, Ohio 45244513-528-0412

Services Saturday at 5 p.m.Sunday at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Pastor James Dinkel513-528-9142

LUTHERAN

5910 Price Road,Milford831-3770

www.faithchurch.net

Services 9:15 am & 10:45 amNursery provided at all servicesTake I-275 to exit 57 toward Milford, Right on

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THE CHURCH OF THEGOOD SAMARITAN25 Amelia Olive Branch Rd.

Sunday 10:30am ... Holy Eucharist10:30am...Sunday School

(Lil’ Samaritans)

Handicap Accessible513-753-4115

www.GoodSamaritanEpiscopal.org

ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH& ST. THOMAS NURSERY SCHOOL100 Miami Ave, Terrace Park,OH 831-2052

www.stthomasepiscopal.orgSunday 8am Holy Eucharist, Rite I9:15am Christian Formation &Discovery Hour for all ages*

10:30am Choral Eucharist, Rite II**Child care for children up to 4 in a staffed nursery from 9-noon*Child care for children up to 4 in a staffed nursery from 9-noon

EPISCOPAL

GOSHEN CHURCH OF GODReal People...In a Real Church...

Worshipping a Real God!1675 Hillstation Road, Goshen, Ohio 45122722-1699 www.goshenchurchofgod.org

Pastor Tim McGloneService Schedule

Sunday School 10:00amSunday Worship 10:45am

Sunday Evening Worship 6:00pmWednesday Youth Service 7:00pm

Saturday Service 7:00pmContemporary and Traditional live Worship Music and Multimedia

CHURCH OF GOD

GLEN ESTE CHURCHOF CHRIST

937 Old State Route 74 (Behind Meijer)513-753-8223 www.gecc.net

Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 10:30amBible Study: 9:30am & 6:00pm

Youth Groups: 6:00pm

CHURCH OF CHRIST

681 Mt. Moriah Drive • 513.752.1333

mtmoriahumc.org

Active Youth • Outreach • Fellowship

Music Ministries • Bible Studies

Ark of Learning

Preschool and Child CareAges 3 through 12

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GOSHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH6710 Goshen Rd, Goshen

Across from Goshen High School513-722-2541

www.goshenmethodist.orgSunday School 9:30am

Worship 10:30amBlended Worship

Traditional and ContemporaryYouth Fellowship 6:00pm

Nursery Available

2010 Wolfangel Rd., Anderson Twp.513-231-4301

Sunday Worship: 9:00 & 10:30 AM withChildrens Church & NurseryPASTOR MARIE SMITH

www.cloughchurch.org

Blended Worship 8:00 & 10:45 amContemporary Worship 9:30 amSunday School 9:30 & 10:45 am

Nursery Care for Age 3 & underFull Program for Children, Youth,Music, Small Groups & moreHandicapped Accessible

Bill Bowdle -Sr. PastorSteve Fultz - Assoc. Pastor;J. D. Young - Youth Director

Janet Bowdle - Children’s Director

BETHEL UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

402 W. Plane St.Bethel, Ohio513-734-7201

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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH199 Gay Street

Williamsburg, Ohio 45176Phone: 513-724-7985

Sunday School: 9:30A.M.Worship:10:30A.M.(SupervisedNursery)

PRESCHOOL: Tues, Weds, Thurs

PRESBYTERIAN

LOVELANDPRESBYTERIAN

CHURCHA Loving, Praying, Caring ChurchJoin us for Sunday Services

Sunday School .........9:15 - 10:00amFellowship...............10:00 - 10:30amWorship Service .....10:30 - 11:30am

360 Robin Av (off Oak St) Loveland OH

683-2525www.LPCUSA.org • LPCUSA@fuse.net

PRESBYTERIAN (USA)

A New Life - A New ProspectiveA New Song

Pastor: Michael Fite info: 753-31593868 McMan Rd., Withamsville, OH 45245

(behind the Water Works car wash)Sunday Worship. 10:00amwww.newsongohio.com

8:45am, 10:15am & 11:45am

Sunday Night Service Time at 6pm

Youth Service at 6pm (in Youth Center)

Watch LIVE online

Sunday's at 10:15am, 11:45am & 6pm

www.LCchurch.tv

Cincinnati Fox19 @ 11am

Troy P. Ervin, Pastor4359 E. Bauman Lane | Batavia, OH 45103

513-735-2555www.LCchurch.tv

Sunday Morning 10:00AMContemporary Worship

Practical MessageClasses for Children & Teens

Nursery Care

Sunday Night Live 6:00PMExciting classes for all ages!

We have many other groupsthat meet on a regular basis

4050 Tollgate Rd,Williamsburg, OH

513-724-3341www.cmcchurch.comMark Otten, Pastor

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

Trinity United Methodist“Encircling People with God’s Love”

Traditional Worship.......8:15am & 11:00amContemporary Worship..................9:30amSunday School...............................9:30am

Nursery Available5767 Pleasant Hill Rd (next to Milford Jr. High)

513-831-0262www.trinitymilford.org

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Retail health clinicsare rapidly expandingacross the country; thereare more than 1,200 ofthem today.

They provide much-needed health care tomany, including thosewho don’t have a primarycare physician. But becareful, not all insurancepolicies will cover theirservices.

Health clinics can befound at Walmart, Tar-get, CVS, Walgreens andKroger supermarkets.Greg Johnson, of Butler,Ky., visited one suchclinic earlier this yearfor a sinus infection. Hewent during his lunchbreak. “It took 20 min-utes or so. They gave mea prescription. I got theprescription filled and itwas really fast and easy,”he said.

Johnson went to TheLittle Clinic at Kroger inCold Spring and paidwith his insurance card.A few weeks later, “I getthe statement frommyinsurance company. Myinsurance has denied mecoverage. They saythey’ve declined thepayment because it is anurse practitioner, not adoctor,” he said.

In fact, all these retailclinics are staffed byeither nurse practi-tioners or physician as-sistants. Johnson saidthey really do provide avaluable service. He notonly went to the clinic forhimself, he said his wifeand child have gonethere as well because it’sso convenient.

“If you have childrenand your children getsick at 6 o’clock at nightyou don’t want to takethem to the emergencyroom because it’s not anemergency. The clinicsare typically open 7, 8, 9

o’clock atnight, so itcreates aconve-niencething toofor youwith yourchildren,”Johnsonsaid.

In addi-tion, Johnson said suchclinics can be less expen-sive than going to a doc-tor’s office. “I looked atthe rates online and itsays $85. My doctorcharges my insurance$140, so I thought it wasgoing to cost memy $15co-pay. But it was actu-ally going to save theinsurance company somemoney.”

Johnson said his fa-ther checked with hisinsurance company andlearned it too specificallyexcludes payments tosuch health clinics. ButThe Little Clinic, which isowned by Kroger, sayswhile some insurancepolicies don’t cover itsservices, more than threedozen companies acceptit – and that’s just in Cin-cinnati. It has clinics inseveral cities around thecountry.

The Little Clinic,which has been in opera-tion since 2000, says 70percent of its patientshave insurance while 30percent do not. The bigthing is, although thesehealth care clinics aremeeting an unmet need,you need to check now tosee whether or not yourinsurance plan will coverthem.

Howard Ain answers consum-er complaints weekdays onWKRC-TV Local 12. Write tohim at 12 WKRC-TV, 1906Highland Ave., Cincinnati45219.

Make sureinsurancecovers retailhealth clinics

HowardAinHEY HOWARD!

May is Older Amer-icans Month. It is achance to show appreci-ation and support for ourseniors as they continueto enrich and strengthenour communities. Theirshared histories, diverseexperiences and wealthof knowledge have madeour culture, economyand local character whatthey are today.

In fact, older Amer-icans are more active incommunity life thanever before, thanks inpart to advances inhealthcare, education,technology and financialstability that have great-ly increased their vital-ity and standard of liv-ing. Older adults are outand about giving backand making a differencein their community.

In arecentproclama-tion, theClermontCountycommis-sionersstated:“Our com-munitycan pro-vide op-

portunities to allow old-er citizens to continue toflourish by: Emphasiz-ing the importance ofelders and their leader-ship; presenting oppor-tunities for older Amer-icans to share their wis-dom, experience andskills; and providingservices to help olderadults live at home.”

Clermont Senior Ser-vices strives to do all

three of these.CSS is hosting two

events to promote posi-tive lifestyles for sen-iors. The first is a freeart exhibit and receptionat our Union TownshipLifelong Learning Cen-ter from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.Sunday, May 19. Award-winning professionalartist Mary HelenWal-lace and her studentswill exhibit some oftheir work. Also on dis-play are wood carvingscreated by the East ForkWood Carvers.

In addition to that, aspecial program on fi-nancial exploitation ofthe elderly is planned atour Union TownshipLifelong Learning Cen-ter from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30p.m. Tuesday, May 21.We are honored to have

David Kessler of Colum-bus, Ohio, speak on thistopic. A retired policeofficer, David is now anexpert in this field, pro-viding training and key-note speeches across thecountry on this topic. Headdresses all facets ofexploitation, includingundue influence, sweet-heart swindles, power ofattorney thefts andhome improvementscams. This program isfree as well, but seatingis limited. Please call513-536-4021 to RSVP.

Both events are in theUnion Township CivicCenter, 4350 AicholtzRoad in Eastgate. Pleaseuse the entrance on theleft.

Linda Eppler is director ofCommunity Services for

Clermont Senior Services.

Celebrate Older Americans Month

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I’ve thought this through.When I chose to move to Deupree House in 2009 I didn’t make that important decision based on

some “special deal”. I made it because living at Deupree House is the real deal. An incredible staff,

over 60 years of experience, and I’ll never be asked to leave for financial reasons. After all,

when you’re looking for value over the long term, you get what you pay for.

Contact Gini Tarr at 513.561.4200 or visit www.episcopalretirement.com/decisionguide

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Howdy folks,We saw a program on

the television about theDust Bowl in the 1930s.It showed how the dustwould cover things up.One scene showed ahouse with dust piledabout half way up to theroof. If there was acrack in the house, thepeople would shovel dirtout. If folks had a maskand goggles to wear,they didn’t get theamount of dirt in theirlungs as those folks thatonly had a scarf overtheir face. This was adifficult time that thefolks had, losing every-thing they had, proper-ty, livestock, cars andfolks dying from thedust. We are so blessed,don’t you think?

Ruth Ann was gettingher clothes out of thespare bedroom anddidn’t realize Chessywent in with her. Wewere gone for the eve-ning and when we gothome we were lookingand calling Chessy, nocat. Ruth Ann openedthe door to this bedroomand Chessy just aboutran over her. She meowsso softly, we can’t hearher. She will hide so wecan’t find her. She want-ed to go outside andstayed out until late inthe night. She generallylikes to come in aroundmidnight. When we gotup Monday morning, shehad caught a rabbitwhich was about halfgrown. She was watch-ing a dove feeding onthe ground in front ofthe garage. I was watch-ing her seeming to begetting ready to try to

catch thedove. Iopened thedoor andthe doveflew, Ches-sy lookedat me like“well,thanks!”Then shewent back

to the raised beds andsat looking at me notvery happy.

I finally got the troll-ing motor put back onthe pontoon. Slowly, Igetting the boat ready togo fishing. It seemsthere is so much to do.

Ruth Ann and Ihelped get the foodbooth ready at GrassyRun Rendezvous at Wil-liamsburg for theGrange to sell food. TheLytles have a big tent, sothe Grange uses it. Thiswas done on Thursday.The event started onFriday with school chil-dren enjoying the camp-ers set up, as this was avery educational experi-ence for the childrenand their chaperons.There were four schoolsand some home-

schooled children at-tending. One feller toldme he had heard aboutthis event for severalyears, but never cameuntil this year. He said“I will be coming backnext year.” This is greatand so educational forthe school children andfor us older folks. Mr.George West is thepresident in charge thisyear of getting every-body registered andgetting assignments.The Scouts sure enjoyedtheir camp experience.There were approxi-mately 75 camps thereand folks from severalstates and some trav-eled many miles to bethere. The Grassy RunRendezvous was againvery successful event.Good job, Mr. West. TheGrange on Saturdaymorning had biscuitsand sausage gravy, cof-fee and hot chocolate,then later metts, ham-burgers and hot dogs.The folks sure enjoyedtheir food. The Grangefolks that were theresure did a great job.

We were over toGrant’s Farm and

Greenhouses yesterdaymaking the order for theGrange Plant sale, andDanny said on Mother’sDay every customerwho is a Mom, will re-ceive a free flower, sogo and buy some flow-ers for your Mom, andget a free one for your-self.

I was talking to Mike

at the Boars Head BaitShop Monday morningabout the crappie tour-nament on April 21. Theweigh in was something.They can weigh in sevencrappie. The differencebetween first and fourthwas only ounces differ-ent, each weighing inmore than 6 pounds.There were 20 boats

that participated. Great!Start your week by

going to the house ofworship of your choiceand praise the GoodLord. God bless all.More later.

George Rooks is a retiredpark ranger. Rooks served for28 years with the last five asmanager of East Fork State

Park.

2013 Grassy Run Rendezvous was a great success

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MIAMI TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsChristina M. Cricillis, 36, 980Ohio 131, drug possession, druginstrument, April 15.Juvenile, 13, disorderly conductin school, April 17.Michael R. Haberer, 26, 1139Deerhaven, theft, April 17.Christopher R. Scheadler, 19,7230 Osceola, driving underinfluence, obstructing officialbusiness, April 18.Robert Stebbins, 18, 6233 Black-burn, underage consumption,April 18.Juvenile, 13, underage consump-tion, April 18.Juvenile, 14, underage consump-tion, April 18.Juvenile, 15, underage consump-tion, April 18.Andrew Clines, 50, 5868 MennoDrive, disorderly conduct, April19.

Five Juveniles, 17, underageconsumption, April 20.Juvenile, 17, underage consump-tion, April 20.Juvenile, 16, underage consump-tion, April 20.Levi J. Uhls, 18, 7410 Capri Way,underage consumption, April20.Nicole M. Geraci, 18, 1061AscotDrive, underage consumption,April 20.Jonathan F. Preston, 18, 192Sycamore, underage consump-tion, April 20.Grace Cherne, 18, 7878 Saddle-back, underage consumption,April 20.Amanda Cappa, 18, 8788 CoveDrive, underage consumption,April 20.Kaitlin Huffman, 18, 7235 North-gate, underage consumption,April 20.Jordan Barnett, 18, 7805 Straw-berry Hill, underage consump-tion, April 20.Tyler Reed, 18, 8022 LaurelWoods, underage consump-tion, April 20.James Clone, 18, 2241 BridleCourt, underage consumption,April 20.James Lawson, 19, 8220 RussettLane, underage consumption,April 20.Nicholas Collado, 18, 1055 Ain-tree Court, underage consump-

tion, April 20.Amy M. Bryson, 18, 786 AndreaDrive, underage consumption,keg law, April 20.

Incidents/investigationsAssaultFemale was assaulted at Frisch'sat Ohio 28, April 19.Breaking and enteringLawn mower taken; $300 atBridge Street, April 17.BurglaryWater heater, furnace, etc.taken at 5610 Day Drive, April18.Criminal damageEggs thrown at vehicle anddriveway at 1483 Corbin Drive,April 18.Criminal trespassEntry made into vehicle at Pizza

Hut at Ohio 28, April 19.Disorderly in schoolMale student was assaulted atMilford Junior High at WolfpenPleasant Hill, April 17.MenacingMale juvenile was threatened at1391Wade, April 19.TheftA dump trailer was taken fromIzaak Walton League; $3,000 atBranch Hill Loveland Road,April 16.Sandals taken fromMeijer; $60at Ohio 28, April 16.Male stated card used with noauthorization at 306 ApacheTrail, April 17.Cellphone taken at MilfordJunior High at Wolfpen Pleas-ant Hill, April 17.Copper pipe taken at 1369 FinchLane, April 17.Gasoline siphoned from vehicle;$25 at 5807 Briar Hill, April 17.Female stated ID used with noauthorization at 6006 Grist Mill,April 18.AC unit taken; $1,500 at 1417Wade, April 19.Merchandise taken fromMeijer;$103 at Ohio 28, April 20.TV, X-box games, hypodermicneedles, etc. takenUnderage consumptionMale students charged withoffense at Milford Junior Highat Wolfpen Pleasant Hill, April18.Violation of protection orderFemale reported offense at 969Ohio 28 No. 104, April 17.

MILFORDArrests/citations

Matthew J. Adams, 35, 1207Country Lake, recited, April 22.Jason E. Turner, 26, 2156 Oak-brook, drug paraphernalia,April 23.Chelsey N. Fields, 18, 5971MarshCircle, warrant, April 23.Natasha R. Maynes, 25, 2157Oakbrook, recited, April 23.Nicole D. Irwin, 21, 3027 Ohio132, warrant, April 23.Melissa Bolender, 27, 1933Oakbrook, theft, April 23.Leonard Levy Jr., 30, 2258 SiestaDrive, warrant, April 25.Johanna M. Smallwood, 28, 475Piccadilly, warrant, April 25.William H. Hickey, 31, 301 Edge-combe, contempt of court,April 25.Dustin Perry, 28, 9985 DecourseyPike, recited, April 26.Johnny R. Harris Jr., 19, 1170Eunita Drive, theft, April 26.Cameron C. McDerman, 20, 5708Mellie Ave., assault, April 27.Amanda D. Schmidt, 37, 5575Betty Lane, recited, April 27.Tara N. Ridley, 27, 1889 PebbleRidge, driving under suspen-sion, April 27.Nicole A. Noe, 22, 2061Ohio 125,theft, April 28.Dustin Fulgium, 27, 2061Ohio125, theft, April 28.Scott J. Price, 44, 540 Lila Ave.,recited, April 28.Taryn L. Richardson, 32, 1939Oakbrook, warrant, April 28.Lincoln D. Colwell, 46, 818Walnut St., warrant, April 28.

Incidents/investigationsAssaultJuvenile was assaulted at 201Edgecombe, April 26.Criminal mischiefGraffiti on playground equip-ment at Clertoma Park at 889Garfield Ave., April 22.Domestic disputeAt Oakbrook Place, April 23.At Concord Woods, April 27.Domestic violenceReported at Theilmans MobilePark at Ohio 28, April 25.TheftPurse taken from vehicle at 732Lila Ave., April 23.Merchandise taken from Krogerat Main Street, April 23.DVDs, etc. taken from Target atRivers Edge Drive, April 24.

Merchandise taken fromWal-mart; $180 at 201 ChamberDrive, April 24.Gasoline not paid for at UnitedDairy Farmers at 100 ChamberDrive, April 25.Purse taken from vehicle at 201Laurel Ave., April 27.Reported at Walmart at Cham-ber Drive, April 28.

GOSHEN TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsStevenWenderfer, 28, 8 LocustHill, marijuana possession.Gerald Bugg, 30, 2188 SpinningWheel Lane, marijuana pos-session.Juvenile, 16, theft.Juvenile, 17, unruly.Connor Rahm, 18, 6193 GoshenRoad, marijuana possession,drug paraphernalia.Matthew Estep, 18, 1493 GibsonRoad, marijuana possession,drug paraphernalia.Sheri Hutchens, 45, 1758 Barry,endangering children, domesticviolence, drug paraphernalia,heroin possession, permittingdrug abuse.David Hutchens, 48, 1758 Barry,cocaine possession, drug para-phernalia, endangering chil-dren, permitting drug abuse.Michael Edgington, 30, 1785Ohio 28 No. 105, marijuanapossession, drug paraphernalia.Juvenile, 15, misuse of creditcard.Connie Moore, 47, 1278 Sand-wood, passing bad checks.Anthony Harvey, 47, 6606 Ohio48, theft.Charles Bilby, 21, 6620 Ohio 48,theft, burglary, warrant.Christopher McKay, 35, 1006Country Lake, drug parapher-nalia, cruelty to animals, traf-ficking in drugs, driving underinfluence.Shannon Perry, 26, 1608 CountryLake, marijuana possession,drug paraphernalia.

Incidents/investigationsAssaultAt 1785 Ohio 28 No. 43A, April14.At 1569 Ohio 28, April 16.At 1492 Woodville, April 16.

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Thomas CookThomas W. Cook, 52, Wayne

Township, died April 12.Survived by wife Lisa Keeton

Cook; children Thomas (AmandaSmith) Cook II, Stephanie (Jo-nathon) Martin; grandchildrenDylan Schumacher, Thomas CookIII, Charles, Nicholas Boots,Nova-Marie Martin; parentsRobert (the late Ruth) Cook,Marlene (Kenneth) Goodin;siblings Beverly (James) Payne,Kenneth (Nikki), Keith (Jeanie)Goodin.

Services were April 23 at EvansFuneral Home. Memorials maybe directed to the funeral home.

Virginia DickVirginia Dick, 88, Milford, died

April 30.Survived by husband James

Dick; children Stella Head,Evelyn Rich, Robert, James,David Dick; 18 grandchildren;many great- and great-great-grandchildren; four siblings.Preceded in death by parentsLonnie Spaw, Della Thompson.

Services were May 1 at EvansFuneral Home. Memorials toHeartland Hospice.

Jake HatterJehonnas W. “Jake” Hatter,

78, Blanchester, died April 24. Heworked for General Motors andKDI Precision Products.

He was a Army Veteran and amember of Veterans of ForeignWars Post 6710.

Survived by son Lawrence“Joe” (Melissa) Hatter; grand-children Betty Martin, Jake,Olivia Hatter, Alicia Colvins,Kenny, Kelly Wright, Casey,Jessica Gray, Matthew, KatelynnRogers, Sarah Rust;siblings AltaFord, Leeondas “Buck,” PaulHatter, Ruth Bates, MarthaClark, Edna “Becky”Miller; 12great grandchildren. Preceded indeath by wife Betty Anne Ku-prion Hatter, parents Jessia,Dottie Hatter, children DebraGray, Paula Pollock, SonnyHatter, siblings J.L. Hatter, LulaBelle Campbell.

Services were April 27 at EvansFuneral Home. Memorials to:Crossroads Hospice, 4380 Glen-dale Milford Road, Cincinnati,OH 45242.

Mae IsonMae C. Ison, 85, Miami Town-

ship, died April 26. She was abartender at Loveland Lanes.

Survived bydaughters Judy(John) Duvall,Debbie (Steve)Smith, JanetCarrier; grand-children Scott,Jamie, MattDuvall, AprilStrayer, Jenni-

fer Guth, Michael Smith; 12great-grandchildren. Precededin death by husbandWalterIson, parents John, Lula Acuff.

Services were April 30 at Tufts

Schildmeyer Family FuneralHome. Memorials to: CrossroadsHospice, 4380 Glendale MilfordRoad, Cincinnati, OH 45242,American Cancer Society, 2808Reading Road, Cincinnati, OH45206 or American Heart Associ-ation, 5211Madison Road,Cincinnati, OH 45227.

Marion JablonskiMarion

Mitchell Ja-blonski, 71,formerly ofCincinnati,died April 30.

Survived bychildren BethParker, Linda(Chris) Gerardy,

Pam (Rusty) Myers, Laurie (Lou)Nigro, Joe (Chantelle) Jablonski;grandchildren Heather (Angelo)Mandato, Kaitlin, CJ Gerardy,Ryan (Toni) Parker, David, KateMyers, Nicole Jablonski, Andrew,Anna Nigro, Jessica, Joseph,Jack, Lily Jablonski; great-grand-children Melanie, NicholasMandato, Logan Parker; sisterEllen Schoenberg; nieces Susan,Devin Schoenberg. Preceded indeath by husband Joseph Ja-

blonski, parents Louis, HazelMitchell, six siblings.

Services were May 4 at SharpFuneral Home, Linden, Mich.Memorials to the HumaneSociety.

Dorothy LovingDorothy L. Loving, 88, Batavia,

died April 29.She was a longtime member

of Perintown United MethodistChurch.

Survived by sons Harold(Kathleen), David (Carol) Loving;five grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; eightsiblings. Preceded in death byhusband Harold Loving, fivesiblings.

Services were May 3 at Craver-Riggs Funeral Home. Memorialsto: Alzheimer’s Association ofGreater Cincinnati, 644 Linn St.,Suite 1026, Cincinnati, OH 45203.

Raymond PartinRaymond A. Partin, 78, died

April 25. He was an auditor forthe National UnderwritersCompany.

He was a Navy veteran ofKorea.

Survived by wife ErnestineCox Partin; daughter DebbiePhenix; grandchildren BethanyWeber, Michael Jr., James Phe-nix; siblings Claude Partin Jr.,Trula Philpot, Estalene Johnson,Pauline Sullivan. Preceded indeath by six siblings.

Services were April 28 at theChristian Life Center Church.Arrangements by Evans FuneralHome. Memorials to the Chris-tian Life Center Church.

Dirk StephensonDirk Andrew Stephenson, 42,

formerly of Milford, died April18. He was a member of thePipefitters Local Union 392 andworked as a subcontractor at AKSteel.

Survived by parents Wayne,Ginny Stephenson; brothersScott (Jay), Todd Stephenson;best friend and significant other,Amy.

Services were April 25 at theCommunity of The Good Shep-herd. Arrangements by EvansFuneral Home. Memorials to:WoundedWarriors Project, P.O.Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675 orSalvation Army, 114 E. CentralPkwy., Cincinnati, OH 45210.

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GOSHEN TOWNSHIP1784 Huntley Road, HeatherYork to Robert Wheeler, 0.5800acre, $76,500.6329 Liberty Lane, John & Eliza-beth Glynn to Walter & BerniceZeiler, 0.4370 acre, $205,000.6344 Manila Road, Lydo Proper-ties No. 7 LLC to Tamala &Charles Combs Jr., 0.7900 acre,$112,500.6202 Sand Hills Drive, Glenys &Richard Merriman Jr., co-trust-ees. to Robert & Laurie Reagan,0.3230 acre, $279,000.2092 Wood Brook Court, Jessica& Joshua Ramsey to AmericanHomes 4 Rent Properties FourLLC, 0.1100 acre, $117,000.

MIAMI TOWNSHIP5832 Buckwheat Road, DeutscheBank National Trust Co., trusteeto Samantha Wilson, 0.8150

acre, $70,000.1631 Fairway Crest, Alan &Patricia Blume to John E.Dougherty III, 0.3740 acre,$438,000.5605 Garrett Drive, FederalHome Loan Mortgage Corp. toMulti-Province, Inc., 0.4600acre, $32,125.Gatch Court, Greycliff Devel-opment LLC to NVR, Inc., 0.4197acre, $54,500.5819 Jebstuart Drive, CitiFi-nancial Inc. to Charles & KellieColyer, 0.2940 acre, $80,000.5909 McPicken Drive, WilliamGrothaus to Thomas & AmySiekman, 0.4600 acre, $95,000.5913 McPicken Drive, ResidentialInnovations LLC to ChristopherLonsberry, 0.4600 acre,$107,000.5657 Miss Royal Pass Drive,Francis & Kimberly Sheehy toBenjamin & Aubrey Cole,0.6370 acre, $322,500.5632 Miss Royal Pass Drive,Matthew & Julie Bliemeister toPhilip & Sandra Carlberg,0.6730 acre, $322,000.

841Old Mill Drive, Lisa Martin,successor trustee to Scott &Carolyn Griffin, 0.4620 acre,$235,000.736 Pine Ridge Road, Troy &Jennifer Davisson to Jeanie &Steven Rucker, 0.4700 acre,$163,900.830 Town Scapes Court, MBSDevelopment Co. Ltd. to JosephKirby, $277,000.6223 Watchcreek Way No. 203,Estate of Stella Ray to Kresimir& Valerija Glad, $92,000.6217 Watchcreek Way No. 101,Anna Michelle Southworth toCarol Hibbard, $100,000.5668 Wittmer Estates Drive,Conrad Meadows LLC to NVRInc., 0.4629 acre, $46,500.

MILFORD504 Hudson Avenue, GiseleSamson to Mark Thompson,0.0970 acre, $93,500.200 Logsby Place Unit E, Marga-ret & Eric Vonbusch to AlisonMcLaren, $101,750.200 Postoak Lane Unit A, Mi-chelle DeCampos & Gabriel

Vautour to Brad Dreier,$72,000.59 Powhatton Drive, Gary Grev-er to Don Craig, 0.2200 acre,$106,000.29 Edgecombe Drive, FederalNational Mortgage Assoc. to JDSmith Holdings LLC, 0.2300acre, $49,900.29 Edgecombe Drive, JD SmithHoldings LLC to Equity Trust CoCustodian, 0.2300 acre,$54,900.221West Stoneridge Drive,Federal Home Loan MortgageCorp. to Sean & Kellie Luely,0.2790 acre, $197,350.112 Michigan Drive: McgoffPatrick M. & Margaret C. toFederal National MortgageAssociation; $445,410.

NEWTONSVILLEVILLAGE624 Cedarville Road, CitiFi-nancial Inc. to Robert Mast &Kathryn Fuchs-Mast, 0.4500acre, $35,000.

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134 Saint Louis Drive, Von BaileyInvestments LLC to Sean Barber,0.4590 acre, $10,000.

STONELICK TOWNSHIP2464 Ohio 131, Kelly & RyanCreekmore to Michael & Kate-

lynn Byrd, 0.7200 acre,$100,000.2023 U.S. Hwy. 50, Kevin Haynesto O'Leary Concrete LLC, 1.6000acre, $25,000.

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RESIDENTIALSteve Singleton, Goshen, hottub, 3317 Weaver Road, JacksonTownship.Robert Glover, Williamsburg,alter, 5471 Fomorin Road,Jackson Township.Bill Summerville, Bethel, alter,3668 Jackson Pike, JacksonTownship.Dustin Bailey, Milford, pool,1548 Hunt Club, Miami Town-ship.Mid-American Pool, Covington,Ky., pool, 354 Fieldcrest, MiamiTownship.David Foster, Palatine, IL, pool,731Windfield, Miami Town-ship.Dean McCavitt, Loveland, HVAC,

1424 Return Shot Lane, MiamiTownship.Lyle Steingrebe, Milford, HVAC,5814 Stonebridge, MiamiTownship.Dolores Bradley, Milford, HVAC,5793 Briar Hill, Miami Town-ship.Todd Naylor, Loveland, HVAC,6245 HollowWood, MiamiTownship.Fischer Single Family Homes,Crestview Hills, Ky., new, 1311Gatch Court, Miami Township,$200,000.Nick Gray, Georgetown, garage,5724 Linda Way, Miami Town-ship, $20,000.Wallace Architects, Milford,alter, 1901Ohio 131, StonelickTownship, $18,000.

Denver Massey, Goshen, HVAC,2353 Ohio 131, Stonelick Town-ship.Mark Fiedeldey, Batavia, fireplace, 2171 Baas Road, StonelickTownship, $12,700.Michael Lanham, Goshen, alter,5980 Ohio 133, Wayne Town-ship.Eric Nichols, Goshen, ple barn,3206 Ohio 131, Wayne Town-ship.

COMMERCIALBeckman Services Inc., Cincin-nati, addition, 2347 WarriorWay, Goshen Township,$24,000.St. Marks Lutheran School,Milford, addition, 5849 Buck-wheat Road, Miami Township,

$500,000.Leslie Irvine, Cincinnati, alter, 110Ohio 126, Miami Township.Atlantic Sign Co., Cincinnati,sign-Frisch’s, 1285 Ohio 28,Miami Township.Triumph Signs & Consulting,sign, 5976 Meijer Drive, MiamiTownship.

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The following Stor-age unit(s) fromStronghold of East-gate will be sold atpublic auction by DonBates Auctioneers, at758 Old State Route74, Cincinnati Ohio45245 on Saturday,May 11th, 2013 at10:00 a.m. and willcontinue until all unitsare sold. The unitnumbers, names andlast known addressesare as follows: Unit#006 David Sellers,60 Fox Chase LnApt. 5, Southgate, KY41071; #407 HopeLindsey, 236 ForestAve, Batavia, OH45103; #332 JamieOoten, 4513 Mt. Car-amel Tobasco Rd,Cincinnati, OH45244. 1758410

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In accordance withthe provisions ofState Law, there be-ing due and unpaidcharges for which theundersigned is enti-tled to satisfy anowner and/or manag-er’s lien of the goodshereinafter describedand stored at the Un-cle Bob’s Self Stor-age location(s) listedbelow.And due notice hav-ing been given, to theowner of said proper-ty and all partiesknown to claim anninterest therein, andthe time specified insuch notice for pay-ment of such havingexpired, the goodswill be sold at publicauction at the belowstated location(s) tothe highest bidders orotherwise disposedof on Monday, May20, 2013, 3:00PM.1105 Old State Rt.74, Batavia, OH45103.Josh Faulkner640 Daniel Ct. #9ACincinnati, OH 45244H ousehold goods,furniture, boxes, ap-pliances, TV’s or ster-eo equip.Thomas Mulligan3155 Pennington Ln.Williamsburg, OH45176Furniture, tools, TV’sor stereo equip.Ashley Demaio12 Pineview Dr. Apt 4Amelia, OH 45102Furniture, boxesDennis P. Ferguson5919 Woods PointMilford, OH 45150Furniture, construc-tion equipJames Clark4700 Beechwood Rd.5217Cincinnati, OH 45244Household goods,boxesBrendan Boyle775 Blueberry HillCanfield, OH 44406Household goods,furniture, boxesGary Napier4410 Eastwood Dr.Batavia, OH 45103Boxes, sportinggoods, tools.1001758013

PUBLIC NOTICEThe Clermont Metropolitan Housing Authorityhas developed its Agency Plan for 2013 incompliance with the Quality Housing andWork Responsibility Act of 1998. It is availa-ble for review at the Authority’s Administra -tive Office located at 65 S. Market Street, Ba -tavia, Ohio. The Authority’s hours of opera-tion are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday. The office is closed dailyfrom 12 noon to 1:00 p.m. In addition, a pub-lic hearing will be held on Friday, June 21,2013 at 8:45 a.m., at the Authority’s Adminis-trative Office. Written comments are wel-come and must be received at the Adminis-trative Office on or before June 21, 2013.

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Saturday, May 18, in supportof the mission outreach efforts,members will host the first Super

Saturday Mission Day. The goalis to get more than 200 churchand community volunteers tosupport eight feature missionsfor the day including Matthew25: Ministries, Habitat for Hu-manity, military mailings andfood collection/donation. Makedirect inquiries to the office at513-677-9866.

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MILFORD — MilfordHigh School alumni whograduated in the 1950s and1960s gathered April 27 atthe Victor Stier AmericanLegion, 450 Victor StierDrive, to remember RickBlackburn.

Blackburn, who diedNov.30atage70,graduatedfrom Milford in 1960. Hewas in the band, TheSounds, from 1959 to 1964.

In the 1980s, he was thehead of Columbia and Epicfor CBS Records. He wasthe head of Atlantic Rec-ords in the late 1980s and1990s. He signed manywell-known artists, includ-ing Ricky Skaggs and RayCharles.

Blackburn asked that acelebrationoflifebeheldinlieuofafuneral, saidFrankWilliams of Arkansas. Wil-liams, who also graduatedfrom Milford, was a mem-ber of The Sounds.

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Country music artist Ricky Skaggs April 27 sharedmemories of Milford High School graduate Rick Blackburnduring a celebration of life at the Victor Stier AmericanLegion. He also sang “Crying My Heart Out Over You.” Thesong was the first No. 1 hit he recorded after being signedto Epic Records by Blackburn. ROXANNA SWIFT/THE COMMUNITY

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Paul Stewart, left, and Barb Goldsberry Stewart of Anderson Township talk to PatGoodman of Hebron, Kentucky, April 27, during the Celebration of Life for Milfordalumnus Rick Blackburn. Goldsberry Stewart graduated fromMilford High School in 1961,one year after Blackburn. ROXANNA SWIFT/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Jo AnnWeigel, left, of Milford and Donna Lovett-Nelson ofTennessee catch up with each other during the Celebrationof Life for 1960 Milford High School graduate RickBlackburn. ROXANNA SWIFT/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Milford High School alumni Larry Zornes, left, and DaleRoe chat April 27 during the Celebration of Life for fellowgraduate Rick Blackburn. Zornes, who graduated in 1960,and Blackburn were in the band, The Sounds, together.ROXANNA SWIFT/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Milford Schools Foundation President Mary Anne Will, left,April 27 introduces Milford High School senior JessicaLucas to Milford alumni during the Celebration of Life forRick Blackburn. Lucas recently received the Rick and SuzieBlackburn Music Scholarship, which is awarded to astudent pursuing a degree in music. ROXANNA SWIFT/THE

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Frank Williams of ArkansasApril 27 speaks to Milfordalumni during theCelebration of Life for 1960Milford High Schoolgraduate Rick Blackburn.Williams, who alsograduated fromMilford,was in the band, TheSounds, with Blackburn.ROXANNA SWIFT/THE COMMUNITY

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